LONDON — Hein Schumacher, Unilever’s recent chief executive officer, wants the patron giant to seize market share with breakthrough technologies, “superior” products and a laser give attention to the patron, he said in the course of the group’s first-half results presentation Tuesday.
Schumacher, a Dutch national and former CEO of Royal FrieslandCampina, a world dairy and nutrition business, left few unsure about his ambitions for the parent of brands equivalent to Dove, Vaseline, Hellmann’s and Ben & Jerry’s.
Since he stepped into the role three weeks ago, Schumacher has been traveling the world, meeting stakeholders, and hammering out his strategy for the patron giant, which revealed a healthy 2.7 percent uptick in first-half turnover to 30.4 billion euros.
Underlying sales were up 9.1 percent...
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