HEINEKEN appoints new Regional Presidents for Europe and Asia Pacific
March 26 2020 - 12:47PM
Amsterdam, 26 March 2020 - Heineken N.V. today
announces the appointments of Soren Hagh as President of the Europe
region and Jacco van der Linden as President of the Asia Pacific
region, both per 1 June 2020. Soren Hagh and Jacco van der
Linden will join the HEINEKEN Executive Team per that same
date.
Soren Hagh will succeed Stefan Orlowski who is
currently Regional President for Europe, and whose decision to
leave the company was announced on February 11, 2020. Soren Hagh is
at present Managing Director of HEINEKEN Italy and previously was
HEINEKEN’s Executive Director Global Marketing. He joined HEINEKEN
in 2013 and prior to that, he held a number of senior management
positions at Lego, Diageo and L’Oréal, including General Manager
EMEA for Lancôme. Soren Hagh will work closely with his successor
to help HEINEKEN Italy through the COVID-19 crisis.
Jacco van der Linden will succeed Dolf van den
Brink, who is currently Regional President for Asia Pacific. As
announced on 11 February 2020, Dolf van den Brink is nominated to
be appointed as member of the Executive Board at the upcoming
company’s Annual General Meeting of Shareholders and to succeed
Jean-François van Boxmeer as Chairman of the Executive Board and
CEO on 1 June 2020.
Jacco van der Linden is currently Managing
Director of HEINEKEN Vietnam and previously was Managing Director
of HEINEKEN China. He joined HEINEKEN in 1999 and has held a number
of senior international leadership roles in Commerce, in the UK,
Nigeria, the Netherlands and Ireland.
Jean-François van Boxmeer, Chairman of the
Executive Board and CEO, commented: "Obviously, the key focus for
us is on running the company through the current unprecedented
COVID-19 crisis. With our first priority the health and well-being
of our people. At the same time, we are preparing for the future
with these appointments. I am very pleased with Dolf’s choice of
Soren Hagh leading our Europe region, and Jacco van der Linden
leading our Asia Pacific region, per 1 June 2020. I want to express
again my gratitude to Stefan Orlowski for his 22 years of great
service to our company. He will leave HEINEKEN with our genuine
thanks and best wishes for the future. Soren and Jacco have an
outstanding track record delivering strong business results, and
they both have great leadership, people and commercial skills. We
are confident that Soren and Jacco will be very valuable in our
Executive Team, and in leading the business and respective teams in
their regions."
Alexander Koch, currently Commercial Director of
HEINEKEN Vietnam, will succeed Jacco van der Linden as Managing
Director HEINEKEN Vietnam per 1 June 2020. Prior to Koch’s current
position, he was Managing Director HEINEKEN Ivory Coast. Alexander
Koch joined HEINEKEN as a Commercial Management Trainee in
1997.
Wietse Mutters, until recently Managing Director
of BRANA S.A., HEINEKEN’s operating company in Haiti, will succeed
Soren Hagh as Managing Director of HEINEKEN Italy as of May 1 2020.
Prior to Mutters’ position in Haiti he worked for HEINEKEN in
Macedonia, Nigeria, the Netherlands and DRC. Wietse Mutters joined
HEINEKEN in 2008, as Project Manager at Brasseries de Bourbon,
Reunion Island.-ENDS-
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- HEINEKEN Executive Team appointments EUROPE APAC press release
(26_03_2020)
- IMAGE Soren Hagh
- IMAGE Jacco van der Linden
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