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Narayan Murthy enters the Unilever board
By siliconindia
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Friday, 09 February 2007, 18:30 IST
Mumbai: Ex-chairman and Chief Mentor of Infosys, N.R. Narayana Murthy, will shortly be inducted as the non-executive director of FMCG giant Unilever.
The Anglo-Dutch group approved his appointment at an annual general meeting in Rotterdam on May 15 and in London on May 16.
The proposed changes in Unilevers board will see three new non-executive directors being inducted. Apart from Murthy, Genevieve Berger, a professor of Biophysics and Medical Imaging at Paris University, Hixonia Nyasulu, who is a board member of JP Morgan South Africa, will also be inducted reported the news agency, Reuters.
Lord Simon, chairman of the nomination committee, Unilever, said, "Unilever is delighted with these outstanding candidates as they further strengthen the expertise and independence of the board and, of course, bring diversity of background and experience."