Get to know who is in AAK’s Executive Committee. What are the members’ current positions and qualifications? When did they start to work at AAK? How many holdings in AAK do they have?
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Johan Westman
President and CEO
Born: 1973
Employed: 2018
Nationality: Swedish
Qualifications: MSc. Industrial Engineering and Management
Holdings: 105,000 stock options*
Fredrik Nilsson
CFO (Chief Financial Officer), Head of Corporate Communications, Mergers & Aquisitions and IT. Vice President AAK AB
Born: 1977
Employed: 2007
Nationality: Swedish
Qualifications: MSc. Business Administration
Holdings: 90,000 shares and 25,000 stock options*
Jan Lenferink
President AAK Europe. Vice President AAK AB
Born: 1963
Employed: 2015
Nationality: Dutch
Qualifications: Food Technology
Holdings: 35,000 stock options*
David Smith
President Global Operations. Vice President AAK AB
Born: 1960
Employed: 2001
Nationality: British
Qualifications: MBA, Graduate Diploma in Business Management
Holdings: 40,000 stock options*
Torben Friis Lange
President Asia. Global Sourcing & Trading. Vice President AAK AB
Born: 1963
Employed: 2010
Nationality: Danish
Qualifications: BSc. Dairy Technology, Graduate Diploma in Business Administration
Holdings: 90,000 shares and 50,000 stock options*
Octavio Diaz de Leon
President AAK USA and North Latin America. Vice President AAK AB
Born: 1967
Employed: 2007
Nationality: Mexican
Qualifications: MBA, BSc. Mechanical & Electrical Engineering
Holdings: 240,000 shares and 10,000 stock options*
Gerardo Garza Lopez de Heredia
President AAK South Latin America. Vice President AAK AB
Born: 1961
Employed: 2014
Nationality: Mexican
Qualifications: Graduate Diploma in Business Administration, Food Engineering
Holdings: 18,000 stock options*
Renald Mackintosh
Chairman Special Nutrition and Personal Care. Vice President AAK AB
Born: 1951
Employed: 2002
Nationality: Dutch
Qualifications: MSc. Food Technology
Holdings: 75,000 shares and 25,000 stock options*
Karsten Nielsen
CTO (Chief Technology Officer). Vice President AAK AB
Born: 1963
Employed: 1988
Nationality: Danish
Qualifications: Graduate Diploma in Food Technology
Holdings: 45,400 shares and 50,000 stock options*
Anne Mette Olesen
CMO (Chief Marketing Officer) including CSR. Vice President AAK AB
Born: 1964
Employed: 2010
Nationality: Danish
Qualifications: MBA, BSc. Chemical Engineering
Holdings: 120,000 shares and 50,000 stock options*
René Schou
President Foodservice and Technical Products & Feed. Vice President AAK AB
Born: 1969
Employed: 2011
Nationality: Danish
Qualifications: MBA, and Food Technologist
Holdings: 10,000 stock options*
*Holdings as of November 29, 2019. Each stock option entitles the option holder to buy 6 shares.