Our Leadership Team
Our Leadership Team
Name |
Nationality |
Function |
Member since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alain Freymond | Swiss | President Global Cocoa | 2024 |
| Amr Arafa | British/Egyptian | Chief Digital Officer | 2024 |
| Christian Hansen | American | Head of Global Strategy | 2023 |
| Clemens Woehrle* | German | Chief Customer Supply & Development Officer | 2023 |
| Dries Roekaerts | Belgian | Senior Vice President Customer Innovation & Technical Services | 2023 |
| Fabian Stierli | Swiss | President Central & Eastern Europe | 2023 |
| Freek Van Der Knapp | Dutch | President Commercial Excellence & Global Sweet Specialties | 2024 |
| Jo Thys | Belgian | President Operations Strategy & Innovation | 2023 |
| Joerg Schwartze | German | Head of Global Transformation | 2024 |
| Jutta Suchanek* | German | Chief People & Diversity Officer | 2023 |
| Kai Hummel | German | Global Head of Corporate Communications | 2023 |
| Frank Arendt | German/Swiss | Chief Procurement Officer | 2024 |
| Michael Kern | German | President Global Manufacturing | 2023 |
| Monika Baumberger | Swiss | Vice President Global Marketing | 2023 |
| Natasha Chen | American | President North America | 2024 |
| Nicolas Mounard | French | Vice President ESG, Sustainability & Traceability | 2023 |
| Pascale Meulemeester | Belgian | President Western Europe | 2023 |
|
German |
Chief Executive Officer |
2023 |
|
| Peter Vanneste* | Belgian | Chief Financial Officer | 2023 |
| Roman Mueggler | Swiss | President Latin America | 2023 |
|
American/Swiss |
Executive Chairman of Future Farming Initiative |
2008 |
|
| Vamsi Mohan Thati | Indian | President Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa | 2023 |
|
Name |
Alain Freymond |
|
Nationality |
Swiss |
|
Function |
President Global Cocoa |
|
Member since |
2024 |
|
Name |
Amr Arafa |
|
Nationality |
British/Egyptian |
|
Function |
Chief Digital Officer |
|
Member since |
2024 |
|
Name |
Christian Hansen |
|
Nationality |
American |
|
Function |
Head of Global Strategy |
|
Member since |
2023 |
|
Name |
|
|
Nationality |
German |
|
Function |
Chief Customer Supply & Development Officer |
|
Member since |
2023 |
|
Name |
Dries Roekaerts |
|
Nationality |
Belgian |
|
Function |
Senior Vice President Customer Innovation & Technical Services |
|
Member since |
2023 |
|
Name |
Fabian Stierli |
|
Nationality |
Swiss |
|
Function |
President Central & Eastern Europe |
|
Member since |
2023 |
|
Name |
Freek Van Der Knaap |
|
Nationality |
Dutch |
|
Function |
President Commercial Excellence & Global Sweet Specialties |
|
Member since |
2024 |
|
Name |
Jo Thys |
|
Nationality |
Belgian |
|
Function |
President Operations Strategy & Innovation |
|
Member since |
2023 |
|
Name |
Joerg Schwartze |
|
Nationality |
German |
|
Function |
Head of Global Transformation |
|
Member since |
2024 |
|
Name |
|
|
Nationality |
German |
|
Function |
Chief People & Diversity Officer |
|
Member since |
2023 |
|
Name |
Kai Hummel |
|
Nationality |
German |
|
Function |
Global Head of Corporate Communications |
|
Member since |
2023 |
|
Name |
Frank Arendt |
|
Nationality |
German/Swiss |
|
Function |
Chief Procurement Officer |
|
Member since |
2024 |
|
Name |
Michael Kern |
|
Nationality |
German |
|
Function |
President Global Manufacturing |
|
Member since |
2023 |
|
Name |
Monika Baumberger |
|
Nationality |
Swiss |
|
Function |
Vice President Global Marketing |
|
Member since |
2023 |
|
Name |
Natasha Chen |
|
Nationality |
American |
|
Function |
President North America |
|
Member since |
2024 |
|
Name |
Nicolas Mounard |
|
Nationality |
French |
|
Function |
Vice President ESG, Sustainability & Traceability |
|
Member since |
2023 |
|
Name |
Pascale Meulemeester |
|
Nationality |
Belgian |
|
Function |
President Western Europe |
|
Member since |
2023 |
|
Name |
|
|
Nationality |
German |
|
Function |
Chief Executive Officer |
|
Member since |
2023 |
|
Name |
|
|
Nationality |
Belgian |
|
Function |
Chief Financial Officer |
|
Member since |
2023 |
|
Name |
Roman Mueggler |
|
Nationality |
Swiss |
|
Function |
President Latin America |
|
Member since |
2023 |
|
Name |
|
|
Nationality |
U.S./Swiss |
|
Function |
Executive Chairman of Future Farming Initiative |
|
Member since |
2008 |
|
Name |
Vamsi Mohan Thati |
|
Nationality |
Indian |
|
Function |
President Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa |
|
Member since |
2023 |
* Member of the Executive Committee (ExCo)