Arla Foods Consolidated Annual Report 2021

53 Arla Foods Consolidated Annual Report 2021 / Governance / Executive management team EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT TEAM / CONTINUED Contents III Our Executive Management Team consists of the CEO, four functional experts and one commercial leader of the European and International commercial segments. The Executive Management Team is responsible for Arla's day-to-day business operations and for developing Group strategies. David Boulanger (1970)■■ CSO, Executive Vice President, Supply Chain 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 of Danone's Specialized Nutrition Division, operating globally in the Early Life & Medical Nutrition fields. David holds an engineer- ing 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 Simon joined Arla in 2002 as UK Sales Director before becoming Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, where he played a major role in the significant transformation of the UK business. In 2016, Simon moved to the newly setup Europe Zone as Senior Vice President of 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 the UK, the Netherlands and Italy. Simon holds a 1st class Bsc Hons degree in Management Sciences from Loughborough University. Simon is also: - Member of the Board of Mengniu Torben Dahl Nyholm (1981) CFO and Executive Vice President, Finance, Legal IT and Strategy 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 and Trading, Chairman of Arla Foods Ingredients Peder has been with Arla for 34 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)= COO, Executive Vice President of Europe, member of the Executive Board 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. He holds a Master's degree in Business Administration, Organisation and Management from the Aarhus University School of Business and Social Sciences. Peter is also: - Board member in AIM, the European Brands Association - Member of 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) - Member of the Board of the Toms group Ola Arvidsson (1968) | CHRO, Executive Vice President, HR Ola joined Arla in 2006 as Corporate HR Director, and has been 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 of 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 Manage- ment from Lund University. Ola is also: - Member of the Board of AP Pension - Central Board Member of the Confederation of Danish Industry Hanne Søndergaard (1965) CASO, Executive Vice President, Agriculture, Sustainability & Communication Hanne has been with Arla for 33 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 Vice CEO of Arla UK before she in 2010 moved into a global marketing role as Senior Vice President of Brands and Categories. In 2016, she became CMO and Executive Vice President and joined Arla's Executive Management Team. In January 2021, Hanne became Executive Vice President of Agriculture, Sustainability and Communication. Hanne holds business degrees from the Aarhus University School of Business and Social Sciences and Harvard Business School. Hanne is also: - Member of the Board of Arla Fonden, of the Technical University of Denmark and of the Danish Climate Forest Foundation (Klimaskovfonden) established by the Ministry of Environment of Denmark

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