Dirk Van de Put

Dirk van de Put (born 1959/60) 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.[1]

Dirk van de Put
Born1959 or 1960 (age 63–64)[1]
Mechelen, Antwerp Province, Belgium
CitizenshipBelgium
United States
Alma materGhent University
University of Antwerp
OccupationBusinessman
TitleChairman and CEO, Mondelez International
TermNovember 2017–
PredecessorIrene Rosenfeld

Early life

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.[4] He is fluent in Dutch, English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese.

Career

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.[1]

In November 2017, he succeeded Irene Rosenfeld as CEO of Mondelez International.[2][3] He also became chairman in April 2018.[1] 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%.[5]

Personal life

Van de Put has Belgian and US citizenship.[1]

References
  1. "Who is Dirk Van de Put, the new CEO of Mondelez?". Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  2. CNBC (2 August 2017). "Dirk Van de Put named CEO of Mondelēz as long-time CEO Irene Rosenfeld retires". cnbc.com. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  3. "Outsider replaces long-time CEO at Oreo cookie maker Mondelez". 2 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017 – via Reuters.
  4. "Who is Dirk Van de Put, the new CEO of Mondelez?". chicagobusiness.com. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  5. "What this snack foods giant is getting right". Crain's Chicago Business. 2019-10-31. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
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