Executive Committee
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The two members of the Executive Board, the five Regional Presidents and five Group
Directors together form the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee supports
the development of policies and ensures the alignment and continuous implementation
of key priorities and strategies across the organisation.
12 Report of the Executive Board
1. Jean-Frangois van Boxmeer (Belgian; 1961)
Chairman Executive Board/CEO
In 2001 appointed member of the Executive Board and from
1 October 2005 Chairman of the Executive Board/CEO. Joined
Heineken in 1984 and held various management positions in
Rwanda (Sales Marketing Manager), DRC (General Manager),
Poland (Managing Director), Italy (Managing Director).
Executive Board responsibility: Heineken Regions, Group
Human Resources, Group Corporate Relations, Group Supply
Chain, Group Commerce, Group Legal Affairs, Group Internal
Audit, Company Secretary.
2. René Hooft Graafland (Dutch; 1955)
Member Executive Board/CFO
In 2002 appointed member of the Executive Board. Joined
Heineken in 1981 and held various management positions
in DRC (Financial Director), Netherlands (Marketing Director),
Indonesia (General Manager) and the Netherlands (Director
Corporate Marketing, Director Heineken Export Group).
Executive Board responsibility: Group Control Accounting,
Group Finance, Group Business Development, Group IT
and Group Business Processes.
3. Didier Debrosse (French; 1956)
Regional President Western Europe
Joined Heineken in France in 1997 as Sales and Marketing
Manager, after having worked with Nivea and Kraft Jacobs
Suchard, where he had various commercial positions. He was
later appointed General Manager of Brasseries Heineken in
France. In 2003 he became Managing Director of Heineken
France and Regional President in 2005.
4. Marc Gross (French; 1958)
Group Supply Chain Director
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, he held various management roles
with international food and consumer businesses. He was
appointed Group Supply Chain Director in 2005.
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5. Siep Hiemstra (Dutch; 1955)
Regional President Asia Pacific
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 several countries
including Papua New Guinea, lie de la Réunion and Singapore.
In 2001 he was appointed Director of Heineken Technical
Services and Regional President in 2005.
6. Tom de Man (Dutch; 1948)
Regional President Africa and the Middle East
Joined Heineken Technical Services in 1971. Following this, he
held various management positions in Singapore, Korea, Japan,
Nigeria and Italy. From 1992, he was Group Production Policy
Control Director. In 2003 he was appointed Managing Director
of Heineken's operations in Sub-Saharan Africa and Regional
President in 2005.
7. Frans van der Minne (Dutch; 1948)
Group Human Resources Director
Joined Heineken in 1975 in sales. He held various 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
Director of Central and Eastern Europe. He was appointed
President of Heineken USA in 2000 and became Group Human
Resources Director in 2005.
8. Nico Nusmeier (Dutch; 1961)
Regional President Central and Eastern Europe
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 Managing Director of
Grupa Zywiec in Poland and Regional President in 2005.
9. Sean O'Neill (British; 1963)
Group Corporate Relations Director
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.
10. Stefan Orlowski (Polish/Australian; 1966)
Group Commerce Director
Joined Heineken in 1998, working as Vice-President Managing
Director of Grupa Zywiec. From 2003 to 2006, he was Chief
Operating Officer, first of Brau Union AG and as of 2005, of
Central and Eastern Europe (C&EE) with direct responsibility
as Managing Director Central Europe for the Central European
markets and for Marketing, Sales and Distribution of C&EE.
In October 2007 he was appointed Group Commerce Director.
11. Floris van Woerkom (Dutch; 1963)
Group Control and Accounting Director
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 (Italian; 1957)
Regional President Americas
Worked with Wunster Brewery, a family-owned brewery
founded in 1879, before joining Heineken in 1995. He held
various positions within Heineken's Italian organisation, before
being appointed Managing Director of Heineken Italia in 2001
and Regional President in 2005.
(Regional Presidents and Group Directors are shown in
alphabetical order.)
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