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10 Unilever HR leaders
These ten current and former Unilever HR leaders have served as global HR directors for business groups, supply chain, R&D, sales and digital teams, country HR directors, an HR vice president and a CHRO for business operations at Unilever. A reader can learn how HR leaders work at Unilever from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Alice Taylor
LinkedInExperience: VP HR Personal Care Europe & Head of HR Unilever UK & Ireland · Unilever
VP HR Personal Care Europe & Head of HR Unilever UK & Ireland at Unilever since January 2025. Former Global HR Lead - Personal Care R&D and Supply Chain (2024–2025), HR Director Personal Care Europe & ANZ and European Works Council Lead (2022–2024), HR and Communications Director, Unilever Italy (2020–2022) and HR Director - UK & Ireland (2018–2020) at Unilever.
Durdana Kabir
LinkedInExperience: Human Resources Director · Unilever Bangladesh
Human Resources Director at Unilever Bangladesh since September 2023, described as leading people strategy and transformation initiatives. Former Regional Head of Talent & Organisational Development (Central & West Africa) (2021–2023), Head of Talent & Organisational Development (Malaysia & Singapore) (2017–2021) and Human Resources Director (2015–2017) at Nestlé.
Gregory Samyn
LinkedInExperience: Senior Global HR Director Business Group Foods · Unilever
Senior Global HR Director Business Group Foods at Unilever since August 2025, based in the Brussels area. Former Global HR Director Foods R&D and Functions (2022–2025), HR Director Belgium and Luxemburg (2020–2022) and Talent and Organisation manager - global markets and Europe (2019–2020) at Unilever.
Jo Hicks
LinkedInExperience: Global HR Director, Foods Establishment · Unilever
Global HR Director, Foods Establishment at Unilever since April 2026. Former Global HRBP Director, Foods Supply Chain (2025–2026), Senior Global HRBP, Growth Marketing Office (2021–2025) and Global Change Lead, Employee Experience (2020–2021) at Unilever. The profile describes partnering with chief officers and senior leadership teams across global supply chain and marketing.
Jonathan Walbancke
LinkedInExperience: Head of HR, Personal Care and Beauty & Wellbeing R&D · Unilever
Head of HR, Personal Care and Beauty & Wellbeing R&D at Unilever since July 2026, described as leading the talent, culture, organisation and capability program for the global R&D organisation. Former HR Director Personal Care Europe and Global R&D (2026) and HR Director, Unilever Personal Care Europe & ANZ (2024–2026) at Unilever.
Kate Hough-Roberts
LinkedInExperience: Global Human Resources Director Digital and Technology · Unilever
Global Human Resources Director Digital and Technology at Unilever since April 2025, listed in Human Resources at the Director level. Also Employment Excellence Director at Unilever since 2020, described as shaping the employment environment across the UK geography. Former Regional HR Business Partner - North West at Unilever (2015–2020) and HR Manager at Airbus (2006–2012).
Neeta Dubey
LinkedInExperience: HR Director - Europe and Global Supply Chain (Foods) · Unilever
HR Director - Europe and Global Supply Chain (Foods) at Unilever since July 2025, based in the Netherlands. Former HR Lead for Supply Chain and Corporate Functions (2022–2025), a role combining Chief of Staff to the F&R CHRO and Global HRBP for R&D Foods and Hellman's (2020–2022), and Sr. HR Manager - Integration and Change Management (2019–2020) at Unilever.
Richard Sharp
LinkedInExperience: CHRO Business Operations, Finance & Productivity · Unilever
CHRO Business Operations, Finance & Productivity at Unilever since January 2025. Former Head of Unilever UK, Head of HR for Unilever Personal Care Europe and VP HR for Unilever UK & Ireland (2022–2025), VP HR Unilever UK & Ireland (2019–2022), HR Director Global Customer Development & E-Commerce (2016–2019) and HR Director Unilever Nordics (2015–2016).
Rona Medalla
LinkedInExperience: Global HR Director, Customer Development (Sales) · Unilever
Global HR Director, Customer Development (Sales) at Unilever since January 2020, based in Rotterdam. Former HR Director, Supply Chain for Southeast Asia (2018–2019) and HR Director, Supply Chain and Functions, Philippines (2016–2017) at Unilever, and Vice President, HR Business Advisory, Asia Pacific at Deutsche Bank (2014–2016).
Tatiana Aquino
LinkedInExperience: Senior HR Operations and People Experience Director · Unilever
Senior HR Operations and People Experience Director at Unilever since February 2026, based in London. Former HR Global Data Excellence Director (2024–2026), HRBP Head of Customer Operations & IoPs Latin America (2022–2024), Employee Experience Director (2020–2022) and Head of HR Services Brazil (2017–2020) at Unilever.
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you partner with the leadership team of a global business group?
- 02What changes when HR supports supply chain teams rather than marketing or sales teams?
- 03How do you run HR operations and people experience at scale across many countries?
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