Friesland­Campina appoints two new supervisory board members

Sybren Attema, Chairman of the Supervisory Board Royal FrieslandCampina N.V.: “We are very pleased that Marleen and Baptiest are joining our Supervisory Board. Both have in-depth experience in diverse board and management positions at large international companies.”

Until May 2022 Marleen Vaesen was CEO of the Belgian luxury clothing company Van de Velde. Prior to that, she was CEO of Greenyard, the global market leader in fresh, frozen, and prepared fruits and vegetables, and held management positions at Procter & Gamble, Sara Lee and Douwe Egberts. Vaesen is board member at Van de Velde, cinema chain Kinepolis, investment company De Eik, the financial holding company of the Belgian Boerenbond MRBB, and Arvesta, service partner for farmers and horticulturists.

Baptiest Coopmans is senior vice president of Liberty Global. Prior to that, he was, among others, CEO of Ziggo in the Netherlands during the merger with UPC, member of the board of directors of KPN, and held for seventeen years various management positions at Unilever at home and abroad. In addition, Coopmans has experience in supervisory roles. Among others, he was chairman of the Supervisory Board of Eindhoven University of Technology and is a member of the Supervisory Board of TNO.

Vaesen and Coopmans are appointed for a period of four years. As of 13 December 2022, the Supervisory Board of Royal FrieslandCampina N.V. will consist of the following nine members: Sybren Attema (Chairman), Nils den Besten, Baptiest Coopmans, Hans Hettinga, Elze Jellema, Angelien Kemna, Heiko Schipper, Hans Stöcker and Marleen Vaesen.