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Willem Eelman has stepped down as CIO of consumer goods manufacturer Unilever. Eelman, a leading CIO in the CIO 100 for the last two years, told CIO UK he is seeking a new transformational challenge as either a CFO or CIO.

Eelman has been with Unilever since 1994 in a range of business leadership and change roles, including Senior Vice President of Finance in the Unilever Foods division and CIO since April 2010.

“I am giving myself half a year to find a transformational financial and technology leadership role,” Eelman told CIO UK.

“I want another challenging role,” he said, joking that he’s just turned 50 and has another 10 years ahead of him and wants them to be interesting.

Eelman is being replaced atUnilever by Jane Moran, formerly CIO of information services company Thomson Reuters.

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