Carole Le Meur, Chief Human Resources Officer and member of the Executive Committee, has decided to leave Barry Callebaut as per September 9, 2018 to attend a Senior Executive Program at a prime US University in the next months, before pursuing her career further. Her succession will be announced in due course.

Antoine de Saint-Affrique, CEO of the Barry Callebaut Group, said: “Also on behalf of the Board of Directors I would like to thank Carole Le Meur for her key contribution over the last two and a half years. Under her leadership, Human Resources has grown and transformed to become a full part of Barry Callebaut’s strategic agenda. Carole has built a solid foundation for HR in the areas of talent, reward, culture and diversity, which will take an important place in supporting our longer-term business strategy.”