Jean-François van Boxmeer (born 12 September 1961) is a Belgian businessman, and was the chairman of the executive board and chief executive officer (CEO) of

Heineken International Heineken N.V. () is a Dutch multinational brewing company, founded in 1864 by Gerard Adriaan Heineken in Amsterdam. , Heineken owns over 165 breweries in more than 70 countries. It produces 348 international, regional, local and speciality be ...

. In June 2020 Jean-François van Boxmeer was succeeded as CEO of Heineken International by

Dolf van den Brink Dolf van den Brink (born 1973) is the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Board at Heineken N.V. Career Dolf van den Brink is the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Board at Heineken N.V. since 1 June 2020. H ...

Early life and education

Van Boxmeer was born on 12 September 1961 in Ixelles, Belgium. He received a master's degree in economics from the Facultés universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix in

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, Belgium in 1984.

Career

Van Boxmeer joined Heineken International in 1984, when he worked as a trainee in the Netherlands until 1987. He then worked for Heineken in

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, the

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, Poland and Italy. He served as general manager of Heineken Italia from 2000 to 2001, and has been on its board of directors since 2001. In 2005, he was appointed chairman of the board and CEO. He oversaw the control of

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. He believes the two key markets are Africa and India. At the 2011

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, Switzerland, he said Nigeria was safer than Greece in terms of investments. In May 2020, Vodafone Group PLC named van Boxmeer as its new chairman.

Other activities

Corporate boards

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, Member of the Board of Directors (since 2010)

Non-profit organizations

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, Member of the Board of Directors *

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, Member of the Board of Governors *

Louvain School of Management The Louvain School of Management (LSM, formerly IAG) is the international business school of the University of Louvain (UCLouvain), Belgium, founded in 1897. The faculty offers courses on the campuses of Louvain-la-Neuve, UCLouvain FUCaM Mons a ...

, Member of the Advisory Board

References

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