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Unilever PLC
07 May 2004

Release: Immediate

                       BERND ELLMANN TO BECOME PRESIDENT
                       ICE CREAM AND FROZEN FOODS EUROPE

Bernd Ellmann (56) has been appointed Business Group President, Ice Cream and
Frozen Foods Europe, with effect from 1 June 2004. He succeeds Kees van der
Graaf, who has been nominated a Member of the Board and who will become Foods
Director.

Bernd Ellmann joined Unilever in 1973. He is currently Chairman of Langnese-Iglo
GmbH, Unilever's ice cream and frozen foods company in Germany. He has a degree
in Economics of the University of Hamburg. Bernd Ellmann has held several
leading positions in both Unilever's Foods and Home and Personal Care divisions,
such as Member of the Board of Lever Europe, Chairman of Lever GmbH in Hamburg
(Germany) and Chairman of Unilever's European Bakery Business.

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7 May 2004

Biography

Bernard G. Ellmann

Born:1948 in Visbek - Northern Germany
Education:University Hamburg - Degree in Economics

Important professional positions:
1973      - Start in Unilever Germany
1975-1986 - Oil Milling Division of Unilever in the UK and Germany
1986-1987 - Assistent to the Unilever Chairmen in London/Rotterdam
1987-1990 - Financial Director Lever GmbH - Deutschland
1990-1995 - European Board Lever Europe S.A. - Brussel
1995-1998 - Chairman Lever GmbH - Hamburg
1998-2000 - Chairman of the European Bakery Business
            Unilever-Group - Bremen/Europe

Current Position:
2001-     - Chairman Langnese-Iglo GmbH



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