Unilever Cosmetics International

(UCI) recently announced a new business structure in an effort to fortify the rapid growth of its business. Paulanne Mancuso, president and CEO of Unilever Cosmetics International said, “This executive structure has been designed to respond to the business environment and support our newly expanded portfolio. These key functions will substantially fortify the existing businesses and position the company to build powerful new global franchises.”

The structure, effective January 2, 2001, has three units: business units which are responsible for sales and profit across all brands in their respective markets; global marketing units which are responsible for product development and marketing for their specific brands and corporate units which manage support functions across the entire organization.

Peter Midwood, formerly CEO of Elizabeth Arden, has been named president of business units and chief operating officer of UCI. In this post, he will be responsible for sales and profit across all UCI markets worldwide and will report directly to Ms. Mancuso.

The following board members will report to Mr. Midwood: Jim Bunn has been named senior vice president, Calvin Klein Cosmetics, North America. Mr. Bunn will oversee the U.S. business for the Calvin Klein fragrance and color brands and the UCI Canadian affiliate.

Mark Scott has been named senior vice president, Unilever Prestige, North America.He will oversee the Unilever Prestige and European Designer Fragrance brands in the U.S. market. He will also be responsible for the military business.

Jean Mortier, formerly chief financial officer, UCI, has been named senior vice president, Europe and will oversee Calvin Klein Cosmetics, Unilever Prestige and the European Designer Fragrance brands throughout Europe. Each of the following unit heads in the global marketing unit will report directly to Ms. Mancuso: Hilary Dart has been named president of Calvin Klein Cosmetics. She is responsible for the global marketing strategies and product development for all Calvin Klein fragrance brands and color cosmetics.

Laura Lee Miller remains president of Unilever Prestige. She is responsible for the global marketing strategies and product development supporting the Nautica, Vera Wang and BCBG Max Azria properties.

Gabriele Pungerscheg, formerly senior vice president, has been named president of European Designer Fragrances. In this role based in Paris, Ms. Pungerscheg provides product development and global marketing strategies for the designer fragrance houses of Lagerfeld, Chloe, Valentino and Cerruti.

Each of the following unit heads in the corporate unit will report directly to Paulanne Mancuso. Mike Indursky remains senior vice president of strategic planning and marketing. In this role, He will oversee the development of global business strategies, advertising, PR and market research.

Bob Olsen remains senior vice president of operations/supply chain. In this role, Mr. Olsen is responsible for global production, logistics, new package development and materials management.

Sunil Mehta has been named chief financial officer. Mr. Mehta will oversee global finance, information systems and administrative services. He joins UCI from Elizabeth Arden where he was chief financial officer.

Charlene Binder has been named senior vice president of human resources. In this role, Ms. Binder is responsible for global human resource policies and administration. Effective February 5, 2001, Ms. Binder joins UCI from HPC where she was director of human resources for supply chain.

In addition, supporting UCI within Unilever United States is Maria Chiclana who remains senior vice president, law. In this role, Ms. Chiclana has global responsibility for legal, regulatory, trademarks, consumer and public affairs and corporate intelligence.