Stefan was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Nomad Foods on 1 June 2015. He was previously at Delhaize Group SA, the international food retailer, where he was Chief Financial Officer between 2008 and 2011 before becoming Chief Executive Officer of its European division until October 2013. Prior to that Stefan was at Interbrew (now Anheuser-Busch Inbev) where he was Head of Strategy & External Growth responsible for managing M&A and strategy, during the time of the merger of Interbrewand AmBev. Stefan currently serves as a Non-Executive Director on the Board of Anheuser-Busch InBev, a position he has held since 2008.

Albert joined the company as Chief Commercial Officer in October 2016, bringing a wealth of experience in consumer goods. He came from Mondelez where he spent the last three years as President of Biscuits Europe.  Before joining Mondelez in 2013, Albert built his career at Mars where he had a variety of roles in Petcare, Food and Chocolate in Europe and South America during the 19 years he was at the company. This included Marketing Director Chocolate France and South Europe, Marketing Director for the South America Region, General Manager of Argentina and Chile and Regional President of Mars Food Europe.

Francesco joined the company in April 2014 as General Manager for the German market, before being appointed Managing Director Findus Italy in October 2015. He came from Reckitt Benckiser where he worked for 16 years with different senior leadership roles in developed and developing markets as well as in the Global Category Organization. This included Global Marketing Manager Europe, Marketing Director Germany, General Manager Greece and General Manager South Africa. His last assignment before joining us was Senior Vice President Regional Director Africa.

Wayne joined us as Managing Director of Birds Eye Limited in January 2016. Wayne has had a long and illustrious career in the FMCG world. He has 30 years of experience including 14 years at Kerry Foods, as well as stints at Spillers Petfoods and United Biscuits. Wayne’s most recent role was Managing Director of Young’s Seafood Limited Frozen Division.

Steven was appointed Managing Director of our Western Europe region in September 2016. Prior to that, he was CEO of Findus Southern Europe, managing our businesses in France and Spain since May 2015.  Since joining the Findus Group in 2000, his roles included Marketing Director and Sales Director Findus France and Managing Director Findus Spain. Outside of the Findus Group, Steven enjoyed stints as Managing Director at Senoble and Senior Equity Fund Advisor. His early management career included international marketing positions at Nestlé and BIC.

Brian’s time with the company spans its ownership periods under Unilever, the private equity fund Permira and now Nomad Foods. He joined Unilever in 2002 and worked in the Ice Cream and Frozen Food business before moving to Unilever UK. In his time with Iglo, Brian was HR Director for the UK and Ireland business and HR Director for the Iglo Markets. He is currently Group HR Director for Nomad Foods Europe. An MBA Graduate, Brian has extensive international FMCG experience having held roles in Sales, Marketing, Supply Operations and General Management at Coca-Cola Enterprises before focusing his career in HR and Organisation Development.

Anja joined in April 2016 as Global General Counsel for Nomad Foods. Her most recent position was in the Netherlands as General Counsel, Global Compliance Officer and Company Secretary for Nutreco, a global leader in animal nutrition and fish feed. Anja has had a successful career in law working in a variety of industries including construction, banking and animal nutrition. She has extensive experience in all aspects of law with a particular specialism in M & A gained from working in companies such as Nutreco, Arcadis, ABN Amro and ING Bank.

Peter joined Nomad Foods Europe in April 2017. His most recent position prior to taking up the role of Managing Director, Nordics, was as CEO of Abdon Mills-Finax Group, a Swedish food company that produces plant based health food and baking products. An MBA graduate, Peter has spent his career in FMCG and over the past ten years has worked for The Coca-Cola Company, Innocent and Danone in various Managing Director roles. This included General Manager for the Danone Nordic Cluster, Managing Director, ProViva and Country Manager for Innocent Drinks in Sweden.