Unilever Chief Marketing Officer Weed to retire

Reuters

Published Dec 06, 2018 12:26PM ET

Unilever Chief Marketing Officer Weed to retire

LONDON (Reuters) - The chief marketing officer of Unilever (L:ULVR) (AS:UNc) has decided to retire next year, handing incoming CEO Alan Jope his first big hiring decision.

CMO Keith Weed, who oversees the marketing strategy of the world's second-biggest advertiser, announced his retirement on Thursday in a series of posts on Twitter.

"It's with a happy and heavy heart that I've decided to retire from Unilever in April," Weed said on Twitter. "It's been over a year in planning with exciting challenges to follow."