Suzanne van Noppen

Suzanne brings nearly 25 years of experience across finance, corporate governance, strategy, and business leadership within leading FMCG multinationals, spanning listed, private equity, and cooperative environments.

Since March 2023, Suzanne has served as Corporate Finance Director at FrieslandCampina, where she leads global teams across Tax, Treasury, Accounting, Reporting, Strategic and Cost Controlling, Financial Planning, Data Analytics, Cooperative Affairs, and Sustainability. In this role, she has played a key leadership part in major strategic initiatives, including the intended merger between FrieslandCampina and Milcobel, corporate restructuring, the transformation programme, and the development of a new strategic planning and performance management cycle. She has also overseen complex pension matters and foreign exchange risk mitigation and serves as a Board Member of DFE Pharma, a joint venture owned by FrieslandCampina and CVC Capital Partners.

Previously, Suzanne held several senior leadership roles within FrieslandCampina, including Director Finance (SVP) for the Business Group Ingredients and Global Director Finance for DOMO, the company’s B2B infant nutrition business. Across these roles, she led global finance organisations, supported large‑scale M&A activity, steered supply chain and SAP transformations, and acted as a close business partner to executive leadership in driving long‑term strategy and value creation.

Before joining FrieslandCampina, Suzanne spent over seven years at H.J. Heinz Company, where she progressed through commercial and finance leadership roles, ultimately serving as Finance Director Heinz Benelux. Earlier in her career, she held finance and control roles at Unilever, building a strong foundation in FMCG operations and performance management.

Suzanne holds an International Executive Master of Finance and Control from the University of Amsterdam/Maastricht University, a Master of Science in Management from Nyenrode University, and a Bachelor in Hotel Administration (Cum Laude) from Hotel Management School Leeuwarden. She has completed executive training at leading institutions including London Business School, IMD, Ashridge, and Deloitte’s Women on Boards programme.