Speaker

Simon Clift

CMO & Group Vice President for Personal Care
Unilever
London

Born in England in 1958, Simon Clift joined Unilever in 1982 as a management trainee in marketing at Elida Gibbs UK. During his career he has held positions as marketing director of Pond's de Mexico, brand development director of Elida Fabergé and the European Innovation Center, and managing director of Elida Gibbs Brazil, Unilever’s second largest personal care business (after the US). In 2000 he became chairman of the Latin American Personal Care category group. In 2001 he was appointed president of marketing for Unilever’s Home & Personal Care Division.

Since April 2005 he has held the position of Group Vice-President for Personal Care in which he is responsible for worldwide strategy, brand development, innovation and advertising for all of Unilever’s personal care brands (such as Dove, Axe [UK Lynx], Rexona [UK Sure], Sunsilk). In addition he is Unilever’s Chief Marketing Officer.

 

Session 1: You don't change what you believe in - How Unilever's vitality mission continues in Eastern Europe

 

back