During his eight years at Unilever, Michael Polk is credited with transforming the company's business in the Americas and sharpening Unilever's portfolio strategy and creating a more competitive, faster growing, innovation-driven organization.
More than 200 consumer goods executives convened in NYC this week for the 2011 Consumer Goods Sales & Marketing Summit. In its eighth year, the event delivered invaluable insight on hot customer-facing topics with its thought-provoking agenda -- featuring Walmart, Kraft and P&G -- and abundant networking opportunities. Here is a recap of the event's many highlights.