Arla Foods Annual Report 2020
Management Review Our Strategy
Our Brands and Commercial Segments Our Responsibility Our Governance
Our Performance Review Our Consolidated Financial Statements Our Consolidated Environmental, Social and Governance Data
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT TEAM (CONTINUED)
Our Executive Management Team consists of the CEO, four functional experts, and one commercial leader for the European
and international commercial segments respectively. The Executive Management Team is responsible for Arla's day-to-day
business operations and for developing Group strategies. In 2020, we welcomed three new members: Torben Dahl Nyholm,
David Boulanger and Simon Stevens.
DAVID BOULANGER (1970)
CSO, Executive Vice President, Supply Chain
Nationality: French
David joined Arla Foods in October 2020. He has
26 years of experience in Supply Chain & Operations
and held several senior leadership positions in the
food industry within Mars, Mondelez & Danone in
various geographies. Most recently, before joining
Arla as Chief Supply Chain Officer, he was Senior
Vice President Operations for Danone Specialized
Nutrition Division, operating globally in the Early
Life & Medical Nutrition fields. David holds an
Engineering Degree from the Ecole Civil des Mines
de Paris in France and a master's degree in
mathematics
SIMON STEVENS (1965)
Executive Vice President, International
Nationality: British
Simon joined Arla in 2002 as UK Sales Director
before becoming Senior Vice President for Sales
and Marketing, where he played a major role in the
significant transformation of the UK business. In
2016, Simon moved to the newly set up Europe
Zone as Senior Vice President for Commercial
Operations and in 2020, he moved to Dubai to lead
the MENA business. Prior to Arla, Simon worked 14
years for Unilever in various Sales and Marketing
Director roles in UK, Netherlands and Italy. Simon
holds a 1ST class Bsc Hons degree in Management
Sciences from Loughborough University.
TORBEN DAHL NYHOLM (1981)
CFO and Executive Vice President, Finance,
Legal and IT
Nationality: Danish
Torben joined Arla in 2012 after working several
years in the M&A consultancy industry. Starting out
in Arla as a Business Controller in Corporate
finance, he has subsequently held a number of
significant project and leadership roles across the
finance organisation focusing mainly on the
interface between finance and strategy, latest as
Head of Performance Management. Torben holds
a M.Sc. in Finance and International Business from
Aarhus University.
PEDER TUBORGH (1963)
CEO, member of the Executive Board,
Head of Milk, Members and Trading, Chairman
of Arla Foods Ingredients
Nationality: Danish
Peder has been with Arla for 32 years, formerly
under MD Foods, and has held various senior
management and executive positions including
Marketing Director, Divisional Director and
Executive Group Director. Peder has worked in
Germany, Saudi Arabia and Denmark as part of his
longstanding career with Arla. Peder holds a
master's degree in economics and business
administration from the University of Odense.
Peder is also:
- Member of the Global Dairy Platform
PETER GIØRTZ-CARLSEN (1973)
CCO, Executive Vice President for Europe,
member of the Executive Board
Nationality: Danish
Peter joined Arla in 2003 as Vice President of
Corporate Strategy and has held various senior
positions in Arla, including Executive Vice President
of Consumer DK and UK, before he became
Executive Vice President of Europe in 2016. Prior
to joining Arla, Peter was Vice CEO at Bestseller
Fashion Group China. He holds a master's degree in
business administration, organisation and
management from Aarhus University's School of
Business.
Peter is also:
- Vice Chairman of AIM, the European Brands
Association
- Sits on the Policy and Issues Council (PIC) of the
UK's Institute of Grocery Distribution (IGD)
- Vice Chairman of the Board of the European
Dairy Association (EDA)
OLA ARVIDSSON (1968)
CHRO, Executive Vice President, HR and
Corporate Affairs
Nationality: Swedish
Ola joined Arla in 2006 as Corporate HR director,
and has been the Chief HR officer of Arla since
2007. He came to Arla from Unilever, where he
held various director positions across Europe and
the Nordics, with his last position as Vice President
in HR. Prior to Unilever, Ola served as an Officer in
the Royal Combat Engineering Corps in the
Swedish Army. He holds a master's degree in HR
management from Lund University.
Ola is also:
- Member of the Board of AP Pension,
- Central Board Member of the Danish Industry
HANNE SØNDERGAARD (1965)
CMO, Executive Vice President, Marketing,
Innovation, Communications and Sustainability
Nationality: Danish
Hanne has been with Arla for 30 years, first joining
under MD Foods and then moving to the UK where
she played a leading role in developing the Arla UK
business. She became the Vice CEO for Arla UK
before moving back to Denmark in 2010. With a
natural ability for marketing, Hanne was responsible
for various brands and categories before taking on
her current role. She holds business degrees from
Aarhus University's School of Business and Harvard
Business School.
Hanne is also:
- Member of the Board of Arla Fonden and of
Danish Technical University
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