Change in the Executive Committee of Barry Callebaut
Chief Financial Officer Victor Balli to retire; Remco J. Steenbergen to succeed him effective March 1, 2018
Barry Callebaut Group
Remco Steenbergen joins Barry Callebaut from Royal Philips, a focused leader in health technology with annual sales of EUR 17 billion (2016), where he has served as Executive Vice President and CFO HealthTech Businesses, Innovation & Group Functions since 2015. Trained as a Registered Accountant and also holding an MBA, Remco Steenbergen brings to Barry Callebaut extensive experience in driving value creation, business transformation, leading and shaping Finance teams, improving business processes and systems, performing acquisitions, strategic planning, performance management and reporting. Remco Steenbergen spent nearly 20 years with Philips where he held a number of roles: CFO Television Europe in Belgium, General Manager of Finance Shared Services in Ireland, Group Chief Accountant in the Netherlands, Sector Controller Healthcare in the USA and CFO Business Imaging Systems in the USA before returning to the Netherlands in 2014 as Group Controller. He was promoted to his current role as Executive Vice President and CFO HealthTech Businesses, Innovation & Group Functions in 2015. Remco Steenbergen started his career with KPMG in 1986 where he worked in different roles in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Taiwan until 1998.
Antoine de Saint-Affrique, CEO of the Barry Callebaut Group, said: “We owe a lot to Victor Balli whom I will miss as a trusted sparring partner, a respected colleague and a strong CFO. Victor has had a major contribution, over the last 11 years, in shaping Barry Callebaut to what it is today. As importantly, Victor was a mentor to many of our younger colleagues whom he has advised and supported in their career development, growing around him a strong pool of talents. I am delighted to welcome Remco Steenbergen as our new CFO. He is a proven global Finance leader with a great track record of transforming businesses and building capabilities, and with broad international experience. Building on this, Remco will be the ideal successor to Victor and well equipped to build on Victor’s legacy and help bringing Barry Callebaut to the next level.”
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