Unileverâs London HQ. Alan Jope, CEO at Unilever, talks earnings and the outlook for 2021. Consumer goods giant Unilever has reported underlying sales growth for the fourth quarter that was in line with estimates, buoyed by strong demand in ⦠Alan Jope said at a conference organized by Reuters that he doesnât expect the pandemic to break until at least April. Jope says that plant-based foods are not just a fad but an âinexorableâ trend that is here to stay. Chief executive Alan Jopeâs job has gotten harder after the pandemic led to the weakest revenue growth in almost two decades last year. Unilever is increasingly open to an IPO for its tea brands, CEO Alan Jope said last week. Unilever CEO Alan Jope said the initiative is targeted to address social inequality. Unilever Chief Executive Alan Jope said that the maker of Dove soap, Lipton tea and Ben & Jerry's ice cream would do what it can to make vaccines available to its workers, but in a ⦠âThe two biggest threats that the world currently faces are climate change and social inequality,â Chief Executive Alan Jope said in a statement. Unilever, the third most valuable company on the London Stock Exchange, is the maker of brands ⦠Wall Street is reaching frothy levels, a ⦠The company is looking to focus only on high-growth areas, like plant-based foods and beauty. âAs a result, we are winning market share in over 60 percent of our business in the last quarter, based on measurable markets,â he explains. VIDEO 08:54. Thu, Feb 4 2021 6:02 AM EST. Alan Jope at an event in New York in 2015. watch now. âWe anticipate never going back to five days a week in the office,â Jope said. Stock analysis for Unilever PLC (UNA:EN Amsterdam) including stock price, stock chart, company news, key statistics, fundamentals and company profile. "We are strongly encouraging people to get a vaccine as soon as it is available to them," CEO Alan Jope said in an interview at the Reuters Next conference. Once that happens, he said, Unilever employees will go into a âhybrid modeâ that will entail at least one day a week of work from home. Jope, whose company is one of Britain's biggest, said Unilever would do what it can to make vaccines available to its workers, but "in a very principled way". "I know that WPP have got all the talent that we need to solve our brand problems, and so do Omnicom, so do Interpublic. âIn a volatile and unpredictable year, we have demonstrated Unileverâs resilience and agility through the COVID-19 pandemic,â says Alan Jope, CEO. By continuing your navigation, you consent to their use. The organizational chart of Unilever displays its 496 main executives including Alan Jope, Graeme Pitkethly, Nitin Paranjpe and Srinivas Phatak × We use cookies to provide a better service. Consumers worldwide are shifting toward a plant-based diet, according to Alan Jope, CEO of international consumer goods company Unilever. 04:45. Following a ⦠CEO Alan Jope said Unilever had started separating offices, manufacturing lines and people within its tea business, a process it expects to conclude by the end of this year. The business has made moves to unify its operations Credit: Justin Kase zsixz / Alamy Stock Photo Alan Jope needed a plan. Speaking at Cannes Lions in June 2019, the, then new, Unilever chief executive Alan Jope publicly noted that the FMCG company was looking to structure relationships with holding companies, rather than individual agencies.