Full Name
PAUL POLMAN
Job Title
Vice-Chair, UN Global Compact, former CEO of Unilever, and author
Company
Vice-Chair, UN Global Compact, former CEO of Unilever, and author
Speaker Bio
Influencer, business leader, campaigner, Co-Author of “Net Positive: how courageous companies thrive by giving more than they take”, due out October 2021. Paul Polman works to accelerate action by business to tackle climate change and inequality. A leading proponent that business should be a force for good, Paul has been described by the Financial Times as “a standout CEO of the past decade”. As CEO of Unilever (2009-2019), he demonstrated that a long-term, multi-stakeholder model goes hand-in-hand with excellent financial performance. Paul was a member of the UN Secretary General’s High-Level Panel which developed the Sustainable Development Goals and as an active SDG Advocate, he continues to work with global organizations and across industry to push the 2030 development agenda. Paul’s new book, “Net Positive”, is a call to arms to courageous business leaders, setting out how to build net positive companies which profit by fixing the world’s problems rather than creating them. He Chairs IMAGINE, a social venture dedicated to systems change, the B Team and Saïd Business School, and he is Vice-Chair of the UN Global Compact and Honorary Chair ofthe International Chamber of Commerce, which he led for two years.