30 November, 2018
Board moves: Unilever and Rathbone Brothers
Unilever The failure to move Unilever’s HQ to Rotterdam is the final chapter for chief executive Paul Polman's time at the Anglo-Dutch business. The multi-product manufacturer has annou...
15 June, 2018
Unilever likely to part company with FTSE 100 index
Unilever is unlikely to remain part of the FTSE 100 once it simplifies its dual structure to a single headquarters in the Netherlands, disappointing investors with portfolios linked to the London Inde...
15 March, 2018
Unilever opts for single Netherlands HQ and ‘one share one vote’
Unilever has announced a move to strengthen corporate governance with a shift to a "one share one vote" principle, as part of part of a restructuring that will see the global consumer goods company sh...
2 November, 2017
Work to be done on ethnic diversity of banking and finance
The talent pipeline in FTSE100 financial institutions is at its most ethnically diverse in four years, according to a survey. Consultancy Green Park found that the ranks of leaders just below the t...
17 August, 2017
Ethnic minority pipeline to FTSE100 boards rises; existing number falls
The pipeline for people from ethnic minorities to make it onto FTSE100 boards has improved for the first time in four years, according to executive consultancy Green Park, which has conducted a study ...
10 August, 2017
Unilever looks to improve governance with €450m preference share buyback
Unilever has launched a €450m (£407m) deal to buy back preference shares, a move it believes will improve its capital structure and corporate governance. The vast majority of the preference shar...
8 August, 2017
Unilever’s takeover rejection becomes a turning point
“Don’t talk, but clean.” Unilever chief executive Paul Polman likes to quote this apparently well-known Dutch proverb to explain how his company headed off an opportunistic $143bn ...
30 June, 2017
Boards ‘weighed down’ by governance reform, report warns
Future reforms to governance could “compound” the problem that UK company boards are bogged down in risk mitigation and compliance monitoring, rather than supporting executives in in...
20 March, 2017
