This story was originally published on CFO Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily CFO Dive newsletter. Dive Brief: Unilever appointed Srinivas Phatak, who has spent nearly three decades at the company in such roles as deputy financial officer and group control and most recently served as interim finance chief, to be its permanent CFO, according to a press release Tuesday. He was also appointed to the board, effective immediately. The move comes just months after Phatak was ...

Justin Sullivan / Getty Images Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of Ben & Jerry's, is resigning. Key Takeaways Ben & Jerry's Co-founder Jerry Greenfield resigned from the ice cream brand, accusing parent Unilever of not living up to its agreement about speaking out on social issues. Greenfield said Unilever violated a promise to give Ben & Jerry's independence to comment on matters important to the company. Unilever said it disagrees with Greenfield's perspective and has tried to hold a dialog with both h ...

There won't be a Jerry at Ben & Jerry's anymore. Jerry Greenfield, one of the ice cream brand's co-founders, said late Tuesday that he was leaving the company.Greenfield criticized the ice-cream brand's parent company, Unilever, in his announcement, saying that it had silenced the brand's speech on social and political issues. "It's with a broken heart that I've decided I can no longer, in good conscience, and after 47 years, remain an employee at Ben & Jerry's," Greenfield wrote in a statement shared by ...

Jerry Greenfield said he's quitting the ice-cream company he co-founded with Ben Cohen. ...

Good morning from San Francisco. Today’s leaders face a paradox: the incredible speed of change in the workplace, alongside a deep human need for connection, which requires courage and vulnerability.This was the focus of New York Times bestselling author Brené Brown’s keynote on Monday at Workday Rising 2025, the technology company’s annual user conference. Brown explained that we can choose to be on “team technology” or “team human,” but “the future will belong to those of us who can straddle the paradox o ...

The Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Jerry Greenfield has stepped away from the ice-cream brand after nearly 50 years, claiming it has lost its independence and accusing its parent company, Unilever, of having “silenced” its social mission.Greenfield said in a letter posted by his co-founder, Ben Cohen, that he could no longer “in good conscience” remain an employee of a business that he argued had been muzzled by the UK-listed Unilever, despite an agreement protecting its social mission when it was taken over in 2 ...

Ice cream maker Ben & Jerry's co-founder Jerry Greenfield has quit the company, as the divide with parent Unilever grew over its stance on the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. His partner, Ben Cohen, shared Greenfield's open letter on X on Wednesday, saying it was a "difficult decision." Greenfield had been with the company for 47 years."This is one of the hardest and most painful decisions I've ever made," Greenfield wrote in the letter. "This isn't because I've lost my love for the people at Ben & Jerry's. Quite ...

(L-R) Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, co-founders of Ben & Jerry’s, partnered with MoveOn to hand out free ice cream at Franklin Square in Philadelphia during their Scoop The Vote tour to get-out-the-vote for Vice President Kamala Harris and Democrats down the ballot on September 16, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Ben & Jerry's co-founder Jerry Greenfield has stepped down from the ice cream maker after nearly 50 years amid an ongoing row with parent company Unilever.In an open letter shared on Wednesday ...

Jerry Greenfield said he was leaving the ice-cream brand because it was no longer allowed to stand behind social justice issues that were core to its business. ...

Ben & Jerry's co-founder Jerry Greenfield, whose name helped shape the popular ice cream brand, has quit the company, his partner Ben Cohen said on Wednesday, deepening the rift with parent Unilever. ...