Dick Boer
Frans Muller
Jeff Carr
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Ahold Delhaize Annual Report 2016
President and Chief Executive Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Nationality
British
Belgian
French
Born: August 31, 1957
Nationality: Dutch
Born: March 30, 1961
Nationality: Dutch
Born: September 17, 1961
Nationality: British
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Executive Committee diversity
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Chairman Management Board
and Executive Committee
Deputy Chief Executive Officer and
Chief Integration Officer
Member Management Board
and Executive Committee
Member Management Board
and Executive Committee
For more information about the duties
of the Management Board, see page 81
Dick Boer has served as Chief Executive Officer
of Ahold Delhaize since July 24, 2016. Prior to the
merger between Ahold and Delhaize, he had served
as CEO of Ahold, appointed by the Supervisory
Board on September 29, 2010, with an effective
date of March 1, 2011. Before that, Dick had served
as Chief Operating Officer Ahold Europe since
November 6, 2006.
Dick joined Ahold in 1998 as CEO of Ahold Czech
Republic and was appointed President and CEO
of Albert Heijn in 2000. In 2003, he became
President and CEO of Ahold’s Dutch businesses and
on May 3, 2007, shareholders appointed him to the
Management Board.
Prior to joining Ahold, Dick spent more than 17 years
in various retail positions for SHV Holdings N.V. in the
Netherlands and abroad and for Unigro N.V.
Dick is a board member of The Consumer Goods
Forum and steward of the Future of Health and
Healthcare System at the World Economic Forum
2017. He is also vice chairman of the executive
board of The Confederation of Netherlands Industry
and Employers (VNO-NCW) and a member of the
advisory board of fashion retailer G-star RAW.
Frans Muller has served as Deputy Chief Executive
Officer and Chief Integration Officer of Ahold
Delhaize since July 24, 2016. In addition, Delhaize
America, including the Food Lion and Hannaford
brands, has reported to him on an interim basis since
October 2016. Prior to the merger between Ahold
and Delhaize, Frans served as President and CEO
of Delhaize Group from 2013.
Before joining Delhaize Group, Frans had worked for
German retailer Metro AG for more than 15 years.
From 2006 until 2013, he was a member of the Metro
AG Management Board; he served as CEO of Metro
Cash Carry from 2008 until 2013. He first joined
Metro AG in 1997 as operations director; he then
became managing director of its Dutch subsidiary,
Makro. In 2002, Frans became a member of the
board of Metro Cash Carry International and was
appointed regional director for Eastern Europe and
Russia. He served as president for Asia Pacific and
Russia Ukraine from 2004 until he was appointed
CEO of Metro Group Buying in 2005. From 1988 to
1997, Frans worked for KLM Cargo, serving in various
management and executive positions in Amsterdam,
Frankfurt, Vienna and Singapore.
Frans is the president of the European Retail Round
Table (ERRT) and serves on the board of directors of
the Food Marketing Institute Inc.
Jeff Carr has served as Chief Financial Officer of
Ahold Delhaize since July 24, 2016. Prior to the
merger between Ahold and Delhaize, Jeff joined
Ahold on November 14, 2011, as acting member
of the Management Board and CFO. Ahold’s
shareholders appointed him to the Management
Board on April 17, 2012.
He began his career at Unilever, and held senior
roles in finance at Associated British Foods, Reckitt
Benckiser and Grand Metropolitan. From 2005 to
2009, he was group finance director and a member
of the board at easyJet. Jeff was then appointed
to the role of group finance director and a member
of the board at FirstGroup, the leading transport
operator in the UK and the U.S. Jeff has lived and
worked in Europe and the U.S.
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