FrieslandCampina has announced the appointment of David Cutter to the position of Chief Supply Chain Officer and member of the Executive Board with effect from 3 October 2022.
The Supervisory Board of Royal FrieslandCampina N.V. has appointed David Cutter to the position of Chief Supply Chain Officer and member of the Executive Board with effect from 3 October 2022.
“This appointment recognises the significance of the Supply Chain function in FrieslandCampina, and its role in the future success of the company to build a stronger global end-to-end organization,” the company said in a statement.
Sybren Attema, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Royal FrieslandCampina N.V. says: “The rapidly changing global dairy market requires an agile and efficient production network. The newly appointed Chief Supply Chain Officer will, as member of the Executive Board, further improve supply chain effectiveness by focusing on, among others, technology, process simplification, and sustainability. I am pleased that David Cutter will join our Executive Board in this important position.”
Hein Schumacher, CEO Royal FrieslandCampina N.V. says: “We are delighted to welcome David Cutter. With his knowledge and experience in the field of supply chain processes and energy-efficient production technologies we can take our global supply chain to the next level.”
WORK EXPERIENCE OF DAVID CUTTER
David Cutter has deep experience and expertise in supply chain management, gained through more than thirty years of working across the global supply network of large companies, such as PMI, SC Johnson, and Diageo. At the latter, Cutter worked for more than sixteen years in leadership roles across the globe and for the last five years he held the function of President Global Supply and Procurement, a position which he combined with the role of Chief Sustainability Officer. At Diageo, he was a member of the Executive Committee and worked closely with customers as well as with packaging and farming suppliers.
COMPOSITION OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD
• Hein Schumacher, Chief Executive Officer
• Hans Janssen, Chief Financial Officer
• Geraldine Fraser, Chief People Officer
• Roel van Neerbos, President FrieslandCampina Food & Beverage
• David Cutter, Chief Supply Chain Officer (as from 3 October 2022)
