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8. Shazia Syed
Company: Unilever
Designation: General Manager — North Africa, Levant and Iraq & Arabia Senior Customer Development Lead
Nationality: Pakistani
Global Headquarters: U.K.
Sector: Consumer Goods
With over 34 years of industry experience, Syed assumed her current role in 2021, in which she leads a team of over 1,870 people. In 2023, Unilever initiated an equity, diversity, and inclusion board and several initiatives to ensure a more equitable workplace for women, including extending its paid maternity leave policy from three to six months in North Africa, the Levant, and Iraq.