Harish Manwani: Profit’s not always the point
Harish Manwani: Het gaat niet altijd om winst
Harish Manwani joined Unilever as a management trainee in 1976; he is now the company's chief operating officer. Full bio
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the father of modern economics
things that have happened,
over goede dingen die zijn gebeurd.
en velen van ons zijn opgegroeid,
business were brought up in
van economische waarde,
die de vierde G adopteren.
to be just innocent bystanders
onschuldige toeschouwers zijn
en ook goeddoen?
om ons heen?
die een rotsvaste richtlijn hanteren,
en doelstellingen
van de ondernemingen van de toekomst.
"No, you're here to change lives."
om levens te veranderen.
dat zeep en soep verkoopt.
de vijf jaar niet halen
die kunnen worden voorkomen
ter wereld.
over hygiëne en gezondheid
jouw merken gebruiken,
kunnen veel teweeg brengen.
one of our villages in India.
stonden achter haar
some fantastic detergents,
een geweldig wasmiddel,
dat we minder water gebruiken.
uitgebracht hebben,
zodat je water bespaart
kunnen overhalen om dit te gebruiken,
can make a big difference.
een groot verschil kunnen maken.
onze geniale producten.
a word from the sponsors --
en andere prachtige producten.
dat het kopen van palmolie
wat verantwoordelijk is
van de broeikasgassen.
handelen in zeep en soep.
waarin we functioneren.
sustainable living commonplace,
veranderen voor 2020.
niet veranderen.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Harish Manwani - COO, UnileverHarish Manwani joined Unilever as a management trainee in 1976; he is now the company's chief operating officer.
Why you should listen
Harish Manwani is a Unilever man through and through. Having joined the company in 1976, he imagined that his time would be taken up with selling soap and soup. Not so, his then-boss told him. "You're here to change lives." It sounded far-fetched, but as the years went on and as he moved through the ranks of the corporation, Manwani began to understand his mentor's wisdom. Those words remain close to his heart even in his current role as the company's chief operating officer.
Now based in Singapore, Manwani graduated from Mumbai University and has a master's degree in management studies; he also attended the advanced management program at the Harvard Business School. He is the non-executive chairman of Hindustan Lever and a member of the executive board of the Indian School of Business.
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