Unilever Management
Management criteria checks 1/4
Unilever's CEO is Fernando Fernandez, appointed in Mar 2025, has a tenure of less than a year. total yearly compensation is €5.12M, comprised of 22.9% salary and 77.1% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.013% of the company’s shares, worth €17.61M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 1 years and 2.2 years respectively.
Key information
Fernando Fernandez
Chief executive officer
€5.1m
Total compensation
| CEO salary percentage | 22.9% |
| CEO tenure | less than a year |
| CEO ownership | 0.01% |
| Management average tenure | 1yrs |
| Board average tenure | 2.2yrs |
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
| Date | Total Compensation | Salary | Company Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31 2024 | €5m | €1m | €6b |
Compensation vs Market: Fernando's total compensation ($USD5.83M) is about average for companies of similar size in the UK market ($USD6.63M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Insufficient data to compare Fernando's compensation with company performance.
CEO
Fernando Fernandez (58 yo)
less than a year
Tenure
€5,124,000
Compensation
Mr. Fernando Fernandez serves as Chief Executive Officer at Unilever PLC since March 01, 2025 and had been its CFO until March 01, 2025. He served as Business Group President, Beauty & Wellbeing for Unilev...
Leadership Team
| Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CEO & Director | less than a year | €5.12m | 0.013% € 17.6m | |
| Executive Officer | less than a year | €5.55m | 0% € 0 | |
| Acting CFO & Group Controller | less than a year | no data | no data | |
| Chief Supply Chain & Operations Officer | less than a year | no data | no data | |
| Head of Investor Relations | no data | no data | no data | |
| Chief Legal Officer & Group Secretary | 3.3yrs | no data | no data | |
| Chief Growth & Marketing Officer | 1.3yrs | no data | no data | |
| Chief People Officer | less than a year | no data | no data | |
| Chief Research & Development Officer | 6yrs | no data | no data | |
| Chief Sustainability Officer | no data | no data | no data | |
| Business Group President of Personal Care | 5.3yrs | no data | no data | |
| Business Group President of Ice Cream | 5.9yrs | no data | no data |
1.0yrs
Average Tenure
53yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: UNAA's management team is not considered experienced ( 1 years average tenure), which suggests a new team.
Board Members
| Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CEO & Director | 1.3yrs | €5.12m | 0.013% € 17.6m | |
| Independent Non-Executive Director | 2.8yrs | €136.00k | 0.0050% € 6.8m | |
| Vice Chairman & Senior Independent Director | 6.9yrs | €218.00k | 0.00018% € 248.0k | |
| Independent Non-Executive Director | 3.4yrs | €171.00k | 0.00016% € 220.4k | |
| Non-Executive Chairman | 1.6yrs | €778.00k | 0.0010% € 1.4m | |
| Independent Non-Executive Director | 5.7yrs | €169.00k | 0.000090% € 124.0k | |
| Non-Executive Director | less than a year | no data | no data | |
| Independent Non-Executive Director | 3.4yrs | €157.00k | no data | |
| Independent Non-Executive Director | 1.1yrs | €125.00k | no data | |
| Independent Non-Executive Director | less than a year | no data | no data |
2.2yrs
Average Tenure
66yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: UNAA's board of directors are not considered experienced ( 2.2 years average tenure), which suggests a new board.
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
|---|---|
| Company Analysis | 2025/04/30 10:41 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2025/04/28 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2024/12/31 |
| Annual Earnings | 2024/12/31 |
Data Sources
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| Package | Data | Timeframe | Example US Source * |
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| Company Financials | 10 years |
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| Analyst Consensus Estimates | +3 years |
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| Market Prices | 30 years |
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| Ownership | 10 years |
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| Management | 10 years |
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| Key Developments | 10 years |
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Analyst Sources
Unilever PLC is covered by 71 analysts. 20 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.
| Analyst | Institution |
|---|---|
| Robert Jan Vos | ABN AMRO Bank N.V. |
| Pierre-Yves Gauthier | AlphaValue |
| null null | Argus Research Company |