Unilever has named Heiko Schipper as the President of its Nutrition Business Group.
Heiko, who presently serves as President of Bayer Consumer Health, brings extensive expertise and a proven record of success in the worldwide foods and nutrition sector. Commencing his career at Nestlé, he accumulated over two decades of experience in sales and marketing roles across Asia, eventually assuming the role of chief executive officer of Nestlé’s global Nutrition business division in 2014.
Having joined Bayer in 2018, he has been instrumental in spearheading notable enhancements in performance, resulting in Bayer’s Consumer Health division achieving industry-leading growth.
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Unilever chief executive officer Hein Schumacher said, “Heiko is a global business leader with deep expertise and experience of the foods and nutrition industry and a long track record of delivering sustained high performance. He is a very impactful, values-driven leader. I look forward to working with him as we continue our focus on accelerating the growth of Unilever’s Nutrition business, including our leading Knorr and Hellmann’s global Power Brands.”
Heiko will join Unilever and its Leadership Executive on 1 May 2024.
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