Dick Boer (born 31 August 1957) is a Dutch businessman. From 2011 to 2018, he was the president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the supermarket chain

Ahold Delhaize Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize N.V. (in Dutch language, Dutch literally "Royal Ahold Delhaize"), commonly known as Ahold Delhaize, is a Dutch-Belgian multinational retail and wholesale holding company. Its name comes from the 2016 merger of two comp ...

Early life

Boer was born on 31 August 1957.

Career

Boer joined Ahold in 1998, rising to CEO on 1 March 2011, succeeding John Rishton. On 24 June 2015, when Ahold and Delhaize announced that they were to combine their businesses as

, it was stated that Boer would become CEO of the merged company, with Frans Muller, CEO of Delhaize to become deputy CEO and chief integration officer. In July 2018, Boer retired and was succeeded by his deputy, Frans Muller.

Other roles

Boer is a board member of the Consumer Goods Forum. He is vice-chair of the executive board of The Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers (VNO-NCW). He is a member of the advisory board of G-Star Raw. He also has three roles at the

World Economic Forum The World Economic Forum (WEF) is an international non-governmental organization, international advocacy non-governmental organization and think tank, based in Cologny, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded on 24 January 1971 by German ...

2017: governor of the consumer industries community, steward of the future of health and healthcare system, and co-chair of the human centric health steering committee.

References

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