Patrick Cescau is settling into his new job as the head of Unilever having taken over from Niall Fitzgerald. The transition was smooth: when Mr Fitzgerald took the post he said he would hold it for eight years, and his eight years are up. In February, he said Mr Cescau, a 30-year veteran of the Anglo-Dutch multinational and then head of its foods division, would be the next chairman, and from April Mr Cescau shadowed Mr Fitzgerald on the job. In another well-planned move, Mr Fitzgerald is not hanging around to watch over the new man's shoulder. On October 1st he became non-executive chairman of Reuters, the news organisation, a role he is combining with a clutch of other appointments outside Unilever.
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