© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Nelson Peltz founding partner of Trian Fund Management LP. speak at the WSJD Live conference in Laguna Beach, California October 25, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo(Reuters) – Unilever (NYSE:) named activist investor Nelson Peltz as a new board member on Tuesday after his Trian Fund Management disclosed a 1.5% stake in the consumer goods giant.
Unilever said it had held “extensive and constructive discussions” with Peltz, who will join as a non-executive director from July.
