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7. Tom de Man (1948)
Regional President Africa and the Middle East
Dutch nationality; joined Heineken Technical
Services in 1971. Following this, he held various
management positions in Singapore, Korea,
Japan, Nigeria and Italy. From 1992, he was the
Production Policy Control Director for the
Group and in 2003 he was appointed Managing
Director of Fleineken's operations in Sub-Saharan
Africa and Regional President in 2005.
8. Frans van der Minne (1948)
Group Human Resources Director
Dutch nationality; joined Heineken in 1975 in
sales. He held management positions in the
export organisation. In 1988 he was appointed
general manager of the Murphy Brewery, Ireland.
In 1989 he became 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.
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9. Nico Nusmeier (1961)
Regional President Central and Eastern Europe
Dutch nationality; joined Heineken in 1985 as a
management trainee and graduated as a master
brewer in 1988. Since then he has held various
management positions within Heineken in many
parts of the world. In 2001 he was appointed
President of the Management Board of Grupa
Zywiec in Poland and Regional President in 2005.
10. Sean O'Neill (1963)
Group Corporate Relations Director
British nationality; joined Heineken in 2004
following eight years in senior roles within the
alcoholic beverages sector. Prior to this, he held
management roles with a global communication
and corporate affairs consultancy based in the
UK, Russia, the Middle East and Australia,
in 2005 he was appointed Group Corporate
Relations Director.
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11. 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 18 years, where he held
various international positions including Finance
Director in Mexico and regional Vice-President
Finance in Latin America.
12. Massimo von Wunster (1957)
Regional President Americas
Italian nationality; before joining Heineken in
1995 Massimo worked with Wunster Brewery,
a family-owned brewery founded in 1879. He
held various positions within Heineken's Italian
organisation, before being appointed Managing
Director of Heineken Italia in 2001 and Regional
President in 2005.
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