Anthony Ruys (born 20 July 1947, Antwerp) is a former chairman of the executive board of

Heineken Heineken Lager Beer ( nl, Heineken Pilsener), or simply Heineken () is a pale lager beer with 5% alcohol by volume produced by the Dutch brewing company Heineken N.V. Heineken beer is sold in a green bottle with a red star. History On 15 Feb ...

N.V. Ruys holds a degree in commercial law from the

University of Utrecht Utrecht University (UU; nl, Universiteit Utrecht, formerly ''Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht'') is a public research university in Utrecht, Netherlands. Established , it is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands. In 2018, it had an enrollme ...

and a master's degree from Harvard Business School. He started his career for

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, where he worked as

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and chairman for various subsidiaries of Unilever in the

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, Colombia and

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from 1974 to 1992. In 1993, Ruys was appointed executive board member at Heineken N.V. He was chief executive officer from 2003 to 2005. He was appointed an Officer of the

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by the Dutch government in 2005.

Directorships and advisory roles

* Member of the supervisory board of Stichting laluz * Member of the board of the digital consultancy SparkOptimus.

References

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