Louise Fresco
Louise Fresco was appointed a Non-Executive Director of Unilever in May 2009. She is also a member of Unilever’s Corporate Responsibility and Reputation Committee.
Non-Executive Director
The various positions held by Louise include supervisory director of Rabobank, a Crown appointed member of the Social and Economic Council of the Netherlands and a trustee of the Roosevelt Academy.
From 1990 to 1997, Louise was Professor of Plant Production Systems and Chair of the Department of Agronomy at Wageningen University. From 1997 to 2006, she held various positions at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, including that of assistant director-general, Agriculture Department.
Louise is a member of the International Trilateral Commission, a vice-chair of the Council of the United Nations University and a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry.
Louise is also a corresponding member of the Spanish Real Academia de Ingeniería and a member of the North Netherlands Society for Sciences.
