Hein Schumacher

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Hein Schumacher
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Schumacher in 2024
BornJuly 1971
Breda, North Brabant, Netherlands
OccupationBusiness executive
TitleCEO, Unilever
TermJuly 2023 – February 2025

Hein Schumacher (born July 1971) is a Dutch businessman, and was the CEO of Unilever from 1 July 2023 to 1 March 2025. [1] [2]

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Early life

He attended the University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

Career

Schumacher began his career at Unilever. [2]

He was previously the CEO of the Dutch dairy co-operative FrieslandCampina from 2018 until 2023. [2] [3] [4]

Before that, he worked at Heinz and was based in China for four years. [3]

Schumacher has been a non-executive director of Unilever from October 2022 until his appointment as its CEO in July 2023. [2]

In February 2025, the Unilever board ousted Schumacher in favour of former finance chief, Fernando Fernandez. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Unilever Board update".
  2. 1 2 3 4 Pratley, Nils (30 January 2023). "Unilever's new Dutch milkman needs to deliver quickly". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  3. 1 2 Gray, Alistair (30 January 2023). "Unilever appoints Dutch dairy co-operative head as chief executive". Financial Times. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  4. ↑ "Hein Schumacher to step down as CEO of FrieslandCampina" . Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  5. ↑ Kollewe, Julia (25 February 2025). "Unilever ousts CEO Hein Schumacher to speed turnaround". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 25 February 2025.
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