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Steering Board

The E15 Steering Board provides overall strategic advice and guidance, reviews progress and makes recommendations for future evolution.

STEERING BOARD MEMBER DETAILS

Paul Polman

Chief Executive Officer, Unilever

Chief Executive Officer, Unilever; Chairman, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD); Member of the International Business Council, World Economic Forum; Board member, UN Global Compact; Board Member, Global Consumer Goods Forum; Member, European Resource Efficiency Platform; British Business Ambassador to the UK government; Non-executive director, Dow Chemical Company. Recently served on the High Level Panel of Eminent Persons looking at the Post 2015 Development Agenda and previously acted as co-chairman of the B20 group of companies reporting to the G20 on Food Security. Former: Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President for the Americas, Nestle; Group President of Europe (and senior executive positions), Procter & Gamble. Recipient of the following awards: of the Atlantic Council Award for Distinguished Business Leadership, CK Prahalad Award for Global Sustainability Leadership; World Wildlife Fund Duke of Edinburgh Conservation Medal. MA Economics and MBA finance/international marketing, University of Cincinnati; Honorary degrees from the Universities of Northumbria, Newcastle, UK and the University of Cincinnati.