After successfully serving as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Barry Callebaut Group for three years, Remco Steenbergen will leave Barry Callebaut as of 31 December 2020, to become CFO of the Lufthansa Group, the leading European airline group. The Board of Directors has appointed Barry Callebaut’s current President Asia Pacific and member of the Executive Committee, Ben De Schryver, as new CFO effective 1 January 2021.

Ben De Schryver has been President of Barry Callebaut in Region Asia Pacific since September 2016 and has been a member of the Group’s Executive Committee since 1 September 2017. Under his leadership, Region Asia Pacific achieved four consecutive years of solid growth, combined with very strong profitability. Ben De Schryver has been with Barry Callebaut in a variety of sales and senior finance roles since 1999. Barry Callebaut will announce in due time who will succeed Ben De Schryver as President Asia Pacific.