Unilever’s CEO gets the boot

Unilever’s CEO gets the boot

Kyiv has agreed terms with Washington on a minerals deal, and finance ministers from many of the world’s largest economies are poised to skip Group of 20 meetings in South Africa this week. Plus, Unilever is replacing its chief executive and the FT’s Hannah Murphy explains why Silicon Valley is veering to the conservative right.


Mentioned in this podcast:

Unilever ousts chief Hein Schumacher after less than two years

Tech titans stand with Donald Trump to kill off activism in Silicon Valley

Ukraine agrees minerals deal with US

Top finance ministers snub G20 as global co-operation comes under strain


The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian, Ethan Plotkin, Lulu Smyth, and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Katyha Kumkova, Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Joseph Salcedo. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music.


Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

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