Bucharest, 18 June 2009: Unilever appointed Marc Desenfans as Chairman of South Central Europe, the regional company which coordinates from Bucharest the operations in the Balkans.
Marc Desenfans is Belgian and comes from the position of Managing Director of Unilever Francophone West Africa, a position he took in 2003. He has a 23 years experience in Unilever, having worked in sales and marketing in different positions before taking on the Managing Director mandate for Unilever Hong Kong in 1999.
‘I am very happy to take on a successful business and I am looking forward to an even greater success. I have already visited Bucharest and I will certainly enjoy staying in Romania and leading the multi-cultural region that Unilever coordinated from here. I look forward to report success’ – declared Marc Desenfans, the USCE appointed Chairman.
Unilever is one of the most important players on the FMCG market with a portfolio of brands that includes the detergents Dero and Omo, Coccolino fabric conditioner, Cif and Domestos household cleaning products, the personal care brands Dove, Rexona, Axe, Clear and Sunsilk, margarines Delma, Rama and Becel, Delikat seasonings and powder borsch, Knorr soups, bouillons, seasonings, mayonnaise and mustard, Hellmann’s mayonnaise and ketchup, the Algida and Napoca ice creams, Lipton tea. Unilever South Central Europe is the company that coordinates from Bucharest the operations in Romania,Bulgaria, Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, Macedonia, Moldova and Kosovo.
