“If I ever joined Unilever for something, I joined it for Patricia first of all, because I have seen a real Comms professional in front of me; someone from whom I could learn and someone who could help me grow further. Many times over the last four years I was finding myself thinking how lucky I was to accept Patty's offer in 2008 'cause it completely changed my life – so this is now quite a different life of a more self-actualized person. Patricia is in fact one of strongest Comms professionals I have seen in the world with particular strengths in Vision and Strategy, Building Talents and Teams, Crisis Management and Communications, Employee Engagement, and CSR; she was the first one 5-6 years ago to revisit and strategically reposition the global Comms function's role in Unilever, and, as part of this plan, created inside Unilever WE / CEE organization best-in-class Corporate Affairs structure. Patricia was the first one to start building Comms talents and teams within the local businesses -- she did it via setting unified KPIs, training and development (including international assignments), career path and succession planning when the overall function was so young in most of the countries across the CEE, and further on, Asia / Africa regions. Patty has developed and launched in 2009 a Communications Academy for Unilever – professional assessment and training course setting core competencies and standards for the function, which helped vast majority of Comms people in WE and CEE regions to clearly see their strengths and weaknesses, and make reasonable choices in their future careers. On top of this I must say Patty is the most charming person I ever met -- and her powerful and incredibly easy and sophisticated way of doing and managing netwroking is something which leaves me overimpressed every time.”
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“It is in your hands to create a better world for all who live in it.” - Nelson Mandela As I commemorate Nelson Mandela International Day today, I…
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As schools across Hull prepare to wrap up another year of learning, we’re delighted to have given students from #MaletLambert, #SiriusAcademy…
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Excited to be spending the day with so many amazing leaders and having some great provocative discussions at the Summit! See you there!…
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Supporter of live below the line campaign and an active global citizen. Member of the board of trustees.
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