7. Dan Derek van Karnebeek (Dutch; 1967)
Regional President Central and Eastern Europe
Joined EIEINEKEN in 1991 as management
trainee. In 1999, he was appointed
Commercial Director EIEINEKEN, Slovak
Republic. In 2001, he became General
Manager EIEINEKEN Beer Systems in the
Netherlands. From 2006 until 2009, he
managed HEINEKEN/CCHBC, Bulgaria
and in 2009 became Managing Director
EIEINEKEN Romania. He became Regional
President, HEINEKEN Central and Eastern
Europe in January 2012.
8. Alexis Nasard (Lebanese; 1966)
Chief Commercial Officer
Joined HEINEKEN in February 2010 as Group
Commerce Director, after 17 years with Procter
and Gamble (P&G) in senior marketing and
management roles. From 2006, he was General
Manager of the Personal Care business for
Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East
and Africa. Prior to P&G, he was a strategic
planning analyst at Bechtel Corp in the US.
9. John Nicolson (British; 1953)
Regional President Americas
Entered the beer industry in 1993 through
Foster's Brewing Group as Group Executive
Director of the Courage business. In 1995,
Scottish Newcastle acquired the Courage
business and he took up the role of Group
Marketing Director. From 2000 until April
2008, John was an Executive Board member
of Scottish Newcastle pic. In October
2008, he was appointed Regional President,
HEINEKEN Americas.
10. Michael O'Hare (Irish; 1967)
Chief Human Resources Officer
Joined HEINEKEN as Chief HR Officer in
May 2009, following 13 years at PepsiCo,
two of them as Chief Personnel Officer Asia.
Between 1998 and 2004, he was based in the
US both within Head Office and operating
business units. From 2004 to 2007, he held the
function of Chief Personnel Officer/VP Greater
China. Prior to this, he spent five years in Finance.
11. Sean O'Neill (British; 1963)
Chief Corporate Relations Officer
Joined HEINEKEN in 2004 as Communication
Director, following eight years in senior roles
within the alcoholic beverages sector. Prior
to this, he held international management
roles with a global corporate affairs and
communication consultancy based in the
UK, Russia, the Middle East and Australia.
In 2005 he was appointed to his current role.
12. Theo de Rond (Dutch; 1954)
Regional President Asia Pacific
Theo de Rond joined HEINEKEN in 1978.
From 1994 to 2001, he was responsible for
sales and marketing at HEINEKEN Netherlands.
In 2001, he became HEINEKEN's Corporate
Marketing Director. From 2003 to 2007,
Theo managed the Company's joint venture
Guinness Anchor Berhad in Malaysia. In 2007,
he was appointed General Manager of
HEINEKEN's joint venture CCU in Chile. He was
appointed Regional President Asia Pacific
in August 2011.
13. Floris van Woerkom (Dutch; 1963)
Chief Control Accounting Officer
Joined HEINEKEN in 2005 as Group Control
Accounting Director, after having worked with
Unilever for 18 years, where he held various
international positions including in the US,
Finance Director in Mexico and Regional
Vice-President Finance in Latin America.
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