Ahold Adds Hanneke Faber as Chief Commercial Officer
Ahold has implemented a new streamlined Executive Committee leadership structure aimed at accelerating its Reshaping Retail strategy.
Hanneke Faber has been added to the committee as Chief Commercial Officer. She joins the company from Proctor & Gamble, where she worked in various management and marketing roles. In her new role as CCO, Hanneke will be leading all global online and customer loyalty initiatives.
The other members of the Executive Committee and their responsibilities are:
• Chief Executive Officer Dick Boer: overall Reshaping Retail strategy, communications, external relations
• Chief Financial Officer Jeff Carr: finance, information management, real estate, simplicity
• Chief Corporate Governance Counsel Lodewijk Hijmans van den Bergh: legal & compliance, mergers & acquisitions, responsible retailing
• Chief Operating Officer Ahold USA James McCann: business operations, continental strategy
• Chief Operating Officer Ahold Europe Sander van der Laan: business operations, continental strategy
• Chief Human Resources Officer: HR, leadership, organizational design
“Following the development and implementation of Reshaping Retail, Ahold is now at a point to adjust its leadership structure in a way that will best drive and support our growth phase,” said CEO Dick Boer. “Furthermore, I am delighted that we have Hanneke joining our company. Coming from a world-class marketing organization, she will provide us with key insights in leading online and customer loyalty initiatives going forward.”
