Steve Williams

Biographical Information
"Steve Williams joined the Croda Board in July 2010 as a non-executive director. Steve was General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer of Unilever plc and Unilever NV from 1986 until 2010. Prior to this he spent 11 years at Imperial Chemical Industries PLC as a commercial lawyer and Assistant Secretary. From 1995 until 2004 he was a nonexecutive director of Bunzl plc. From 2004 until 2010 he was Senior Independent Director of Arriva plc. Since 2008 he has been a non-executive director of Whitbread PLC, where he is also the Senior Independent Director. In addition, Steve is a director of Eversheds LLP, an international law firm, and a senior advisor to Spencer Stuart LLP. He is Chairman of the De La Warr Pavilion Trust and a member of the Board of the Leverhulme Trust."