Fabian Garcia joins as the new president at Unilever North America while Conny Braams is promoted to the new role of Chief Digital & Marketing Officer at the company.
Unilever has recently announced changes to the Unilever Leadership Executive (ULE). Amanda Sourry, president of Unilever North America, has decided to retire from the company after more than 30 years of service to pursue new opportunities. In her place, Fabian Garcia, the former president and chief executive of Revlon, has been appointed the president at Unilever North America. He will be joined by Conny Braams, the former EVP of Unilever Middle Europe, who has been promoted to the new role of Chief Digital & Marketing Officer at the company.
New Leadership at Unilever
Speaking on these new developments, Unilever CEO, Alan Jope said, “I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Amanda for her significant contribution to Unilever over so many years. Her strategic clarity, operational experience and passion for developing talent have made her one of the company’s best leaders of recent times. We wish her all the best for the future.”
He further added, “I would also like to extend a warm welcome to Fabian, a truly global and purpose-driven business leader, who brings to Unilever deep experience of the consumer goods industry in North America and many other markets, as well as an impressive track record of high performance.”
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Leading Edge of Consumer Marketing
Jope also spoke about why Conny was promoted to the new role and explained, “Conny Braams is one of our most successful and talented leaders, as well as a highly effective driver of change. As our new Chief Digital & Marketing Officer, her experience will be critical to the transformation of Unilever into a future-fit, fully digitized organization at the leading edge of consumer marketing.”
Fabian will join Unilever on January 1, 2020, with Amanda supporting the leadership transition into early 2020. Fabian will report to Chief Operating Officer, Nitin Paranjpe. Conny will begin her new role on January 1, 2020 as well. The appointment of a new EVP, Unilever Middle Europe will be announced in due course.