Dirk van de Put | |
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Born | Mechelen, Antwerp Province, Belgium | 14 May 1960
Citizenship | Belgium United States |
Education | veterinary medicine |
Alma mater | Ghent University University of Antwerp |
Occupation | Businessman |
Title | Chairman and CEO, Mondelez International |
Term | November 2017– |
Predecessor | Irene Rosenfeld |
Dirk van de Put (born 14 May 1960) [1] is a Belgian businessman, and the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Mondelez International. CEO since November 2017, [2] [3] he also became chairman in April 2018. [4]
Van de Put is a native of Mechelen, Antwerp Province, Belgium, and has a veterinary medicine degree from Ghent University, and a master's degree in business from the University of Antwerp. [5] He is fluent in Dutch, English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese.[ citation needed ]
Van de Put worked for Coca-Cola, Mars Inc, Novartis and Groupe Danone, before becoming CEO of the Canadian frozen foods manufacturer McCain Foods in 2010. [2] [3] He is a non-executive director of Mattel. [4]
In November 2017, he succeeded Irene Rosenfeld as CEO of Mondelez International. [2] [3] He also became chairman in April 2018. [4] He was hired by Mondelez with a reputation for driving growth in traditional packaged food brands. While Mondelez grew 1.5% in 2016 and 0.9% in 2017, Van de Put is promising organic revenue growth of 3% per year and is working to achieve this by increasing advertising spend and giving more responsibility to local marketing managers. In the third quarter of 2019, growth reached 4.2%, and operating profit for 2019 was increased by 20%. [6]
Van de Put has Belgian and US citizenship. [4] He is married and has two sons. [1]
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