Unilever ousts CEO Hein Schumacher to speed turnaround
Marmite, Dove and Ben & Jerry’s maker announces finance chief Fernando Fernandez will take over in surprise moveBusiness live – latest updatesUnilever has ousted its chief executive, Hein Schumacher, who has been just over a year and a half at the helm, replacing him with its finance chief Fernando Fernandez to speed up the company’s turnaround plans.In a surprise announcement, the maker of Knorr, Marmite, Dove and Ben & Jerry’s said Schumacher would step down on 1 March and leave the company on 31 May. Continue reading...

Marmite, Dove and Ben & Jerry’s maker announces finance chief Fernando Fernandez will take over in surprise move
Unilever has ousted its chief executive, Hein Schumacher, who has been just over a year and a half at the helm, replacing him with its finance chief Fernando Fernandez to speed up the company’s turnaround plans.
In a surprise announcement, the maker of Knorr, Marmite, Dove and Ben & Jerry’s said Schumacher would step down on 1 March and leave the company on 31 May. Continue reading...