Frans W. H. Muller (born 1961) is a Dutch businessman, and the CEO of

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 ...

, since July 2018, having been deputy CEO.

Education

Muller earned a master's degree in business economics from

Erasmus University Rotterdam Erasmus University Rotterdam ( ; abbreviated as EUR) is a public research university located in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The university is named after Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, a 15th-century Christian humanist and theologian. Erasmus M ...

Career

Muller started his career with KLM Cargo, from 1988 to 1997. He worked for Makro Cash & Carry from 1998 to 2002. He worked for Metro AG from 2002 to 2013, rising to become a Member of the Management Board of Metro Group AG and CEO Metro Cash & Carry. In 2013, Muller joined Delhaize as president and CEO. Muller was CEO of Delhaize until

Ahold Koninklijke Ahold N.V. was a Dutch multinational retail company based in Zaandam, Netherlands. Founded in 1887 by Albert Heijn Sr., the company initially began as a single grocery store in Oostzaan and became the largest grocery chain in the ...

bought the company for Euro 9.3 billion in 2015, when he became deputy CEO of the combined company. Muller succeeded

Dick Boer 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. Early life Boer was born on 31 August 1957. Career Boer joined Ahold in ...

when he retired as CEO of Ahold Delhaize on 1 July 2018.

References

Living people Ahold Delhaize people Dutch businesspeople Dutch chief executives in the retail industry Erasmus University Rotterdam alumni 1960s births {{Netherlands-business-bio-stub