Keith Weed

Keith joined the Board on 1 July 2020 and is a member of the Audit, CR&S and Nomination Committees. Keith is an exceptionally capable marketing and digital leader. He has championed new ways of integrating sustainability into business and building brands with purpose. Keith has a strong business background, having spent 36 years at Unilever, most recently as Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, which included leading the company’s groundbreaking sustainability programme globally. While at Unilever, Keith led different parts of Unilever’s businesses, including Unilever’s Home and Personal Care business in the UK in the early 2000s, where he worked closely with Sainsbury’s and other retailers. He has strong international experience and knowledge, having run international businesses and worked in other countries. He is currently a Non-Executive Director of WPP PLC, President of the Advertising Association, Trustee Director of Business in the Community and proposed President of the Royal Horticultural Society.