Heineken CEO Dorf van den Brink will leave the company at the end of May after almost 6 years at the helm
The brewer Heineken announced this Monday the departure of its CEO, Dolf van den Brinkat the end of May, after almost six years at the helm of the Dutch company that will immediately begin the process to appoint a successor. As reported by the manufacturer in a statement, the decision was agreed with the Supervisory Board, which stressed that Van den Brink will leave the multinational after a “period in which he has guided the company through turbulent economic and political times” and after defining the future strategy EverGreen 2030 “in a challenging external environment.”
According to the outgoing manager, the brewing group has reached a phase in which a change in management “will serve better” to realize their long-term ambitions. “In the coming months I will remain fully focused on the disciplined execution of our strategy and in guaranteeing a smooth transition”he added. Van den Brink, who has been with the company for more than 28 years, will stay on as an advisor for eight months starting in June to facilitate the transition.
New roadmap and goodbye to the Russian business
The Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Peter Wennink, thanked him for his management and highlighted his role in the transformation of the group and in the definition of the new strategic roadmap. After the start of the war in Ukraine (February 24, 2022), Heineken was forced to start a long process to abandon your business in the Russian market and in August 2023 it achieved approval from Moscow to sell all its operations in Russia for a symbolic purchase price of one euro. Heineken had been in Russia for about 20 years, but its beer business was also not very profitable.
