Executive Committee
Pierre-Olivier Beckers
Mr. Beckers has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Delhaize Group since January 1, 1999. He began working in the food retail industry in 1982 as a store manager for a bakery chain in Belgium. Mr. Beckers joined us in 1983, to work initially three years in our U.S. operations as a store manager. After his return to Belgium, he broadened his retail experience as a buyer, director of purchasing, member of the Executive Committee and Director and Executive Vice-President in charge of international activities. In January 2000, Mr. Beckers was named Manager of the Year by the leading Belgian business magazine Trends/Tendances. In 2009, he was named Belgium’s BEL 20 CEO of the year by the Belgian newspapers Le Soir and De Standaard. Until June 2010, he was Co-Chairman of the Consumer Good Forum, a global association of leading consumer goods retailers and manufacturers. Previously, Mr. Beckers served as chairman of the CIES, the Food Business Forum, from 2002 to 2004 and again from July 2008 until its merger and transformation into the Consumer Goods Forum. He is on the Board of Directors of the Food Marketing Institute and is Vice-Chairman of the Executive Committee of FEB/VBO, the Belgian Employers Federation. He is a member of Guberna and, until 2010, the Belgian Commission on Corporate Governance. He is President of the BOIC (Belgian Olympic Interfederal Committee) since December 2004, with a current term expiring in 2013. Mr. Beckers earned a Master’s degree in applied economics at I.A.G., Louvain-La-Neuve and an MBA from Harvard Business School. |
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Stéfan Descheemaeker
Mr. Descheemaeker has been an Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Delhaize Group since 2009. He started his career with Cobepa, at that time the Benelux investment company of BNP-Paribas. He later joined the holding company Defi as CEO of its financial subsidiary Definance. In 1996, he joined the Belgian brewer Interbrew, where he became head of Strategy & External Growth, managing its M&A operations, culminating with the merger of Interbrew and AmBev in 2004. At that point in time, he transitioned to operational management, in charge of respectively the brewer’s operations in the U.S. and Mexico, Central and Eastern Europe, and, eventually, Western Europe. In 2008, Mr. Descheemaeker ended his operational responsibilities at Anheuser-Busch InBev and joined its Board as non-executive director. Mr. Descheemaeker holds a Masters’ degree as Commercial Engineer, Solvay Business School, Brussels, Belgium. |
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Michel Eeckhout
Mr. Eeckhout is Executive Vice President of Delhaize Group and Chief Executive Officer Delhaize Belgium. He joined Delhaize Group in 1978, as IT project leader and IT manager. In addition, he became Group coordinator for the IT-activities in Europe and Asia in 1992 and member of the Executive Committee of Delhaize Belgium in 1995. He was appointed Delhaize Group Vice President of Information Technology Processes and Systems in 2001 and was Chief Information Officer from 2002 to 2007. He became a member of the Executive Committee of Delhaize Group in September 2005. He is a Board member of COMEOS (previously named Fedis Fédération belge de la Distribution). Mr. Eeckhout earned a Master’s degree in economics (UFSIA, Antwerp) and in European economics (Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels), and an Executive Master in General Management (Solvay Business School, Brussels). |
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Ronald C. Hodge
Mr. Hodge is Executive Vice President of Delhaize Group and Chief Executive Officer of Delhaize America. Prior to his current role Mr. Hodge served as Chief Executive Officer of Delhaize America Operations. Mr. Hodge served as Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of Hannaford and was responsible for the Sweetbay Supermarket operations. He joined Hannaford in 1980 and has served in various executive roles, including Vice President and General Manager of Hannaford’s New York Division, Senior Vice President of Retail Operations, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing, and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. He became President of Hannaford Bros. Co. in December 2000 and Chief Executive Officer in 2001. While leading the start-up of Hannaford’s entry into upstate New York, Mr. Hodge was elected Chairman of the New York State Food Merchant’s Association, and served on several Community Agency Boards of Directors. He chaired the Northeastern New York United Way Campaign in 1995 and was selected as the New York Capital Region’s Citizen of the Year in 1996. Mr. Hodge holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from Plymouth State College, Plymouth, New Hampshire. |
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Nicolas Hollanders
Mr. Hollanders has been Executive Vice President of Human Resources and Organizational Development of Delhaize Group since 2007. He started his career as a lawyer. In 1989, he joined Delvaux, a Brussels-based manufacturer and distributor of luxury leather goods and accessories, first as General Manager, and from 1993 as Managing Director. In 1995, Mr. Hollanders joined the executive search firm Egon Zehnder International, where he served successively as consultant, principal and partner. Mr. Hollanders is Chairman of the Jury “Hors pistes” of the King Baudouin Foundation and founding member and Chairman of Child Planet, a foundation aimed at improving conditions in children’s hospitals. Mr. Hollanders holds a Master’s degrees in Law and Notary Law and a Post Graduate degree in Economics from the University of Leuven. |
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Kostas Macheras
Mr. Macheras is Executive Vice President of Delhaize Group and Chief Executive Officer Southeastern Europe. Mr. Macheras joined Delhaize Group in 1997 as General Manager of Alfa Beta Vassilopoulos. In 2009 Mr. Macheras added Mega Image, the Romanian operations of Delhaize Group, to his responsibilities. Mr. Macheras started his professional career in retailing in the U.S., as purchasing manager at the Quality Super Market Company in Chicago. He worked for 14 years for Mars, Inc. In 1982, he was in charge of sales, marketing and export in The Netherlands, and later became General Manager for Greece and Italy. From 1996-1997 he served as General Manager of Chipita International in Greece. He is a Board member of EEDE (Hellenic Management Association) for nine years. He has been a member of the Board of Directors at EASE (Association of Greek Executive Officers) since 2008, and is also currently a Board member of SEET (Association of Greek Food Enterprises). In 2005, he was named Officer in the Order of Leopold II by King Albert II of Belgium. In April 2009, Mr. Macheras was elected Manager of the Year 2008 by the Hellenic Management Association. Mr. Macheras holds a BA from Piraeus University and an MBA from the Roosevelt University of Chicago (Business Administration & Marketing). |
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Michael Waller
Mr. Waller is Executive Vice President, General Counsel and General Secretary of Delhaize Group and President Director of Super Indo. Additionally, Mr. Waller has been an Executive Vice President of Delhaize America since July 2000. Previously, Mr. Waller was a partner in the international law firm Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P. In the years prior to joining Delhaize America, Mr. Waller served as Managing Partner of Akin Gump’s Moscow and London offices, and maintained an international corporate practice. Mr. Waller earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from Auburn University and a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Houston, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Houston Law Review. Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Waller served as a law clerk for U.S. District Judge Robert O’Conor, Jr. in the Southern district of Texas. |
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