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Born in Oldenzaal, the Netherlands in 1970, Sven Dumoulin gained a PhD and joined Unilever in 2003.
Sven started his professional career in Amsterdam in 1998 as a lawyer specialising in corporate and securities laws, following an academic career at the University of Groningen.
He joined Unilever as senior legal adviser and deputy company secretary of Unilever NV in 2003, a position he held until being appointed joint secretary Unilever NV and Unilever PLC in 2007.
During this period, Sven has also held a position as professor of International Company Law at the University of Groningen, between 2003 and 2005. Currently he holds a position as professor of Company Law at the University of Tilburg.
Sven is a member of the Supervisory Boards of Unilever Netherlands BV and Unilever Netherlands Holdings BV.
Outside Unilever he is a board member for the Dutch Association of Securities Law and the Dutch Foundation Shareholder Communication Channel, he is legal adviser to the Dutch Association of Listed Companies and a member of the Listed Company Advisory Counsel of Euronext Amsterdam. He is also a member of several legal professional associations in the Netherlands.
Sven is married and has three children. | 