The Board of Directors of Barry Callebaut AG, Zurich, has appointed Peter Boone (47), currently Chief Innovation & Quality Officer and member of the Management Board, with effect from 1. September 2017 CEO & President Americas, succeeding David P. Johnson. After serving as CEO & President of Barry Callebaut Americas since May 2009, Johnson has expressed the desire to retire as per the end of the company’s current fiscal year, August 31, 2017.

Boone joined Barry Callebaut in December 2012. At Barry Callebaut, he assumed the additional responsibility for Quality Assurance as of June 2013 and for Sustainability as of November 2015. Effective September 1, 2017, the Board of Directors has appointed Pablo E. Perversi (47) as successor to Boone. In nearly 24 years with Unilever, Perversi has held a variety of Marketing, Sales and General Management roles in different parts of the world, both in Retail Foods and in Unilever Food Solutions.

Furthermore, reflecting the growing importance of the region for the company, Ben De Schryver, President Asia Pacific since September 2016, has been promoted to member of the Executive Committee as of September 1, 2017. Ben De Schryver (43) started with Barry Callebaut in Belgium in 1999, transferring to Singapore in 2002 as CFO Region Asia Pacific, relocating to Canada as Director Pricing & Customer Services in 2007, before moving on to the company’s new regional head office in Chicago in 2009 where he last served as CFO Americas before being appointed President Asia Pacific as of September 1, 2016.