17.
8. Siep Hiemstra (1955)
Regional President Asia Pacific
Dutch nationality; joined Heineken in 1978 and
worked in various commercial and logistic positions.
In 1989 he was appointed Country Manager of
Heineken Export based in Seoul, South Korea.
Subsequently, he held various management positions
in various countries including Papua New Guinea,
lie de la Réunion and Singapore. In 2001 he was
appointed director of Heineken Technical Services
and became Regional President in 2005.
9. Erans van der Minne (1948)
Group Human Resources Director
Dutch nationality; joined Heineken in 1975 in sales.
He subsequently held a number of management
positions in the export organisation in Singapore,
Australia, Caribbean, Eastern Europe and Canada.
In 1988 he was appointed general manager of Murphy
Brewery in Ireland. In 1989 he was appointed director
of Heineken Export and in 1999 he became cluster
director of Central and Eastern Europe. He was
appointed President of Heineken USA in 2000 and
became Group Human Resources Director in 2005.
10. Marc Gross (1959)
Group Supply Chain Director
French nationality; joined Heineken in Greece in 1995.
In 1999 he became Regional Technical Manager
North, Central and Eastern Europe. In 2002 he became
Managing Director of Heineken Netherlands Supply.
Prior to joining Heineken, Marc held various
management roles with international food and
consumer businesses. He was appointed Group
Supply Chain Director in 2005.
11. Peter van Campen (1964)
Group Commercial Director
Dutch nationality; joined Heineken in the Netherlands
in 1992 and held various marketing positions. In 1996
he moved to Thailand as Marketing Manager with
Thai Asia Pacific Breweries. He was appointed Strategy
Development Manager for Heineken China in 1998
and Sales Director Retail for Heineken Brouwerijen
in the Netherlands in 1999. In 2003 he was appointed
Director Corporate Commercial Excellence and
became Group Commerce Director in 2005.
12. Sean O'Neill (1963)
Group Corporate Relations Director
British nationality; joined Heineken in 2004
as Communication Director, following eight years
in senior roles within the alcoholic beverages sector.
Prior to this, he had spent seven years based in
Australia, the Middle-East, Russia and the UK with
a global communication and corporate affairs
consultancy. In 2005 he was appointed Group
Corporate Relations Director.
13. Floris van Woerkom (1963)
Group Control and Accounting Director
Dutch nationality; joined Heineken in 2005 as Group
Control Accounting Director, after having worked
with Unilever for eighteen years, where he held
various international positions including Finance
Director in Mexico and regional Vice-President
Finance in Latin America.
Heineken N.V. - Annual Report 2005