Anouk Heilen

Global Sustainability Director
Unilever

Anouk is Global Sustainability Director for Social Strategy at Unilever.

Anouk leads Unilever’s Social Compass strategy, working with key global partners and driving advocacy to create the right enabling environment for Unilever to implement its social commitments. With a background in impact finance, Anouk is also passionate about the strategic use of development finance and philanthropic funds for investments that create social change. Anouk’s career has been driven by her strong belief in the need for a unified global sustainable growth agenda to drive transformational change. Anouk has proven experience in developing and implementing strategies from scratch. She started her career at the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, working in various positions, including on driving public-private partnerships. Seconded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Anouk joined Unilever in 2012 to support the former CEO in his capacity as a member of the United Nations High Level Panel on Post-2015, tasked with advising on the Sustainable Development Goals. Anouk has held various positions at Unilever over the past eight years, including as Director Impact Finance in the Global Sustainability Team.