Making changes in Europe
Howard Green
SVP Finance & IT
London
14th March
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Making changes in Europe
Howard Green
SVP Finance & IT
London
14th March
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From ? To ?
An integrated European
business that optimises
synergy and scale at
European and country
level, through One
Unilever
Fairly independent
Business Groups and
Countries often acting
as a loose federation
We have implemented a new
operating model for Europe?
3 of everything!
Progress to date on One Unilever
2004 2005 2006/2007
? Move to one office per country
? Legal merger of local Unilever companies
? Functional restructuring
? One integrated country leadership team< ...