Speaker
Biographies
C.
Perry Yeatman
Vice President,
Corporate Affairs, Unilever, North
America
As Vice President
of Corporate Affairs for Unilever Home and Personal Care-North America,
Perry is responsible for all aspects of Unilever’s internal communications,
community relations, media relations and public affairs/issues management.
She leads Corporate Affairs for the company in both the United States
and Canada, and serves on the board of HPC-NA and the Unilever US Foundation.
Prior to joining for Unilever, Perry Yeatman was a consultant working
across all facets of communications, from public affairs to corporate
positioning, crisis/issues management to media relations, sports marketing
to advertising. Perry’s communications expertise is further enhanced
by the breadth of her international experience, having spent ten years
living outside the U.S., managing multinational client assignments across
Asia Pacific, The Middle East, Russia, the CIS, Western and Eastern
Europe and Latin America for Burson-Marsteller and Shandwick plc.
Perry’s industry
experience is equally diverse, including energy, chemicals, pharmaceuticals,
IT, financial services, branded goods, fast food, travel/tourism and
education. During her 15 plus years as a consultant, Perry’s clients
included Johnson & Johnson, Citibank, Chase Bank, Anheuser-Busch,
McDonald's, Chevron, Intel, Nortel, VISA, BMS, Nestle, Hilton and Tetra
Pak, to name a few. In addition, Perry worked in the DuPont public affairs
department at the company's headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware.
Prior to joining
Unilever in 2000, Perry was a managing director in Burson-Marsteller’s
London office for three years, where she was responsible for managing
an international team working for Unilever, focusing on world-wide corporate
reputation management. Perry was also responsible for leading corporate
communication efforts in Unilever Central and Eastern Europe and Unilever
Latin America. Prior to moving to London, Perry worked for Burson-Marsteller
in Russia and Singapore, three years in each office. Perry joined Burson-Marsteller
from Shandwick plc.
Perry’s programs
have won local, regional and national recognition including the prestigious
Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Silver Anvil and a Gold Sabre
award.
Perry received a
Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Virginia. She currently
resides in Westport, Connecticut and New York City.