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Jean-François van Boxmeer, will oversee the management of the company as Chair Designate, based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He is also currently the Chair of Vodafone Group Plc, a multinational telecommunications company, having been appointed to its board in 2020.
Before joining Vodafone, Jean-François spent 36 years at Heineken N.V., a global brewing company, serving in a variety of management positions, including Chief Executive for 15 years. Jean-François held a number of senior roles in Africa and Europe before joining Heineken’s Executive Board in 2001, with worldwide responsibility for supply chain and technical services, as well as regional responsibility for the operating businesses in North-West Europe, Central and Eastern Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa. Jean-François is currently a Non-Executive Director on the Board of Heineken Holding N.V.
He is also currently a Non-Executive Director and a member of the Shareholders’ Committee of Henkel AG & Co. KGaA and the Chair of the European Roundtable for Industry.
Jean-François was appointed to the Board of Mondelez International Inc. (formerly Kraft Foods Inc.) as an Independent Director in 2010 and served as its Lead Director from 2020 until stepping down in 2022.