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Unilever PLC is a British multinational consumer packaged goods company headquartered in London, England.It was founded on 2 September 1929 following the merger of Dutch margarine producer Margarine Unie with British soap maker Lever Brothers.
During his Unilever career he worked and lived in Ireland, the Netherlands, South Africa, the US and the UK. FitzGerald has chaired a broad range of companies and public bodies. These include Reuters, Hakluyt, the Nelson Mandela Legacy Trust, International Business Council, Conference Board, Investment Climate Facility for Africa, British ...
He worked for 22 years at Unilever which he joined in 1984 as a management trainee in Unilever's animal feed business. Later he had a place on the Unilever Board in Ireland and Germany and was involved with finance excellence and innovation across the global company. He left in 2007. [3] He joined NHS London, the strategic health authority, in ...
Around 1,500 jobs globally are being cut at consumer goods giant Unilever as part of a group-wide overhaul. ... The company employs more than 6,000 people across the UK and Ireland.
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After the war, Orr returned to Trinity to complete a degree in Law. [2] He joined Unilever as a graduate trainee. [1] From 1955 to 1966 he was posted to Unilever's India subsidiary, Hindustan Lever. [1]
Unilever's predecessor companies conducted research in Bebington from 1890 and the first dedicated research building was built in 1911 by Lever Brothers. Unilever was formed in 1929, and until 1951 Port Sunlight was its main research laboratory worldwide.
In 2018, Unilever supported the abolition of Dutch dividend-tax, [29] even though over 80% of Dutch citizens were against the tax-cut as it meant a loss of about 2 billion euros of tax-revenue a year for the Dutch state. [30] In October 2018, it was announced Unilever has cancelled plans to move headquarters from London to Rotterdam. [31]