Heiko Schipper started his career at Nestlé, spending more than 20 years in sales and marketing roles in Asia, before going on to lead the company’s global nutrition business division as CEO in 2014.
In 2018, he joined Bayer Consumer Health, where he is currently president. His move to Unilever will take place on 1 May 2024.
Commenting on the announcement, Unilever CEO, Hein Schumacher, said: “Heiko is a global business leader with deep expertise and experience of the foods and nutrition industry and a long track record of delivering sustained high performance.
“He is a very impactful, values-driven leader and I look forward to working with him as we continue our focus on accelerating the growth of Unilever’s Nutrition business, which includes our leading Knorr and Hellmann’s global Power Brands.”
