Unilever boss to leave next year after rocky era for grocery products giant        

Unilever veteran Alan Jope will retire at the end of 2023, a move welcomed by analysts after botched attempt to buy consumer health arm of GlaxoSmithKline

Unilever makes a huge range of grocery products, including Hellmann's, Domestos, Knorr, and Magnum ice cream.   

Unilever said chief executive Alan Jope would retire at the end of next year, announcing the move less than a year after a bungled attempt to buy GSK's consumer healthcare business, and two months after activist investor Nelson Peltz joined the board.

The British consumer products maker said its board would start a formal search for a successor to Mr Jope, a Unilever veteran who took up his role at the start of 2019, considering both internal and external candidates. Unilever makes a huge range of grocery products, including Hellmann's, Domestos, Knorr, and Magnum ice cream.