D.E MASTER BLENDERS 1753 appoints new senior management members
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Amsterdam, 23 September 2013 - D.E MASTER BLENDERS 1753 N.V. (DEMB) today
announces several appointments of new senior management members. Jan van Bon
will join as President Retail Developed Markets, Oliver Hasler as President DE
Professional (Out of Home) and Fiona Hughes will become SVP Marketing.
Together with Michel Cup, CFO and executive Board Member; Harm-Jan van Pelt,
President Retail Developing Markets; Luc Volatier, SVP Operations; and Rogier
Rijnja, SVP HR, they will form the new Executive Committee for DEMB, under the
leadership of CEO and executive Board Member Pierre Laubies, whose proposed
appointment was announced last week.
Jan van Bon will join as President Retail Developed Markets. With over 25 years
of experience, Jan, a Dutch national, is a consumer goods industry veteran. Jan
began his career at Mars in 1986 as a Strategic Planner in Finance for the
Netherlands business. He worked in finance, sales and marketing and held
numerous leadership positions such as Vice President Europe and Vice President
Petcare Europe & South Africa. Among many other achievements, Jan led a European
Multisales business, which grew rapidly, brought profitability to some markets
for the first time ever, and developed a strong talent pool.
Jan van Bon is taking over from Eugenio Minvielle. Eugenio brought a drive for
quality and customer focus and leaves behind a strong management team. In order
to ensure a proper handover to the new management, Eugenio will continue to be
engaged as advisor to the company for the foreseeable future. DEMB would like to
thank Eugenio for his many contributions to the business.
Oliver Hasler, of Swiss nationality, will join as President DE Professional (Out
of Home). In the past ten years, Oliver played an instrumental role in setting
up and developing the foodservice business of Arc International, the worldwide
leader in tableware. His latest position was CEO Europe and Senior VP Global
Foodservice. Prior to Arc, Oliver held various leadership positions at Oneida, a
leading tabletop foodservice company. Oliver has extensive international
experience and has effectively led large teams across markets throughout his
career.
Fiona Hughes will join as SVP Marketing, a newly created position to fully
leverage DEMB's strong brand portfolio. Fiona, an Australian national, has over
15 years of marketing and brand management experience. She started her career at
Telstra Australia in 1996 where she was brand manager for the 2nd largest
revenue contributor. In 2000, Fiona joined Mars where she held various positions
in the Australian, UK and global marketing teams. Since 2010, she was the Global
Portfolio Director for Mars Global Petcare responsible for defining the global
vision, strategy and deployment tools for the several billion dollar portfolio
of cat brands.
Following the Change in Control, Onno van Klinken, General Counsel and Corporate
Secretary, and Tom Hansson, Head of Strategy, will depart the organization. Onno
van Klinken was instrumental in the successful spin off and listing of DEMB on
the Amsterdam stock exchange. Tom Hansson was key in the development of the
current strategic direction of DEMB and was also a key driver behind the
successful spin. DEMB would like to thank both Onno and Tom for their dedication
and many contributions to the Company.
For more information
Contact Hill+Knowlton Strategies
Frans van der Grint or US Media: Abernathy McGregor Group
Sabine Post Tom Johnson
+31 20 404 47 07 +1 212 371-5999
About DEMB
DEMB is a leading pure-play coffee and tea company that offers an extensive
range of high-quality, innovative products through well-known brands such as
Douwe Egberts, Senseo, L'OR, Pilão, Merrild, Moccona, Pickwick and Hornimans in
both retail and out of home markets. The company holds a number of leading
market positions across Europe, Brazil, Australia and Thailand and its products
are sold in more than 45 countries. DEMB generated sales of more than EUR 2.7
billion in fiscal year 2012 and employs around 7,500 people worldwide. For more
information, please visit www.demasterblenders1753.com
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