Niall Fitzgerald
Niall FitzGerald joined the Boards of Unilever PLC and Unilever NV in 1987 and served respectively as Finance Director, Foods Director and Detergents Director until his appointment as Chairman and CEO in 1996. During his Unilever career, he worked and lived in Ireland, the Netherlands, South Africa, the USA and the UK.
Education
Degree in Commerce, University College., Dublin.
Corporate connections
- 1987, with Unilever: Financial Director; Foods Director; Detergents Director; former Vice-Chairman; 1996, Chairman and CEO.
- 2003 joined the Board of Reuters as a non-executive director and became Chairman in 2004. He is *Chairman of the Nelson Mandela Legacy Trust (UK)
- 2006 appointed Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the British Museum
- co-Chairs the Investment Climate Facility (ICF) for Africa.
- Chairman of the International Business Council,
- a member of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum
- a Trustee of the Leverhulme Trust.
- the President of South Africa’s International Investment Advisory Council,
- the International Advisory Board of the Council on Foreign Relations,
- the Blackstone European Advisory Board,
- the Advisory Board of Tsinghua University
- Advisory Board of Spencer Stuart.
- He is a Senior Advisor to Morgan Stanley International.
- 2003-5 Chairman of the Conference Board
- 2004-5 Co-Chairman of the Transatlantic Business Dialogue (TABD)
- non-executive director of Merck (2000-2003), Ericsson (2000-2002), Bank of Ireland (1990-1999) and the Prudential Corporation (1992-1999). He has also been President of the Advertising Association (2000-2005), a Member of the Kok Commission on the Lisbon Agenda, a Member of the Accounting Standards Review Committee, Chairman of the CBI Europe Committee, and Member of the International Policy Council for Agriculture and Trade.
- Fellow, Association of Corporate Treasurers.
- US Business Council; EU-China Business Council; Trilateral Commission; Shanghai Mayor's International Business Leaders' Council.[1]
