Ahold CSR team
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| Roland Waardenburg, Vice President for Corporate Responsibility
Email: communications@ahold.com |
Roland Waardenburg oversees Ahold’s global CSR policy and its cooperation with both internal and external stakeholders, in order to facilitate the combination of profit, planet and people in the company's business.
As part of those responsibilities, Roland coordinates Corporate Social Responsibility activities, which are implemented at operating company level and based on the four pillars of Ahold’s CSR strategy, working closely with management at each of Ahold’s operating companies and the subjects matter experts.
Roland joined Ahold in 1989, and has served in a variety of functions including as Program Director of the Ahold Sustainable Business Development program. He has a sound track record in the food industry in marketing, sales and communication at, amongst others, Sara Lee and PepsiCo.
| Onno Franse, Program Director Healthy Living & Climate Action
Email: communications@ahold.com |
Onno Franse has been responsible for the Healthy Living program within Ahold since 2004. He added the new role of Program Director Climate Action to his responsibilities in 2007. As director of these programs, he develops insights and strategies, and facilitates cooperation and knowledge sharing between Ahold companies in these areas.
Onno has over 25 years experience in international food manufacturing and marketing, with a focus on new business development and emerging trends. Prior to his current positions, Onno was Program Director Corporate Brands at Royal Ahold. He has also worked for specialist players in the food industry including Gammaster Food Irradiation, International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) and Bush Boake Allen.
| Hugo Byrnes, Director Product Safety & Consumer Affairs
Email: communications@ahold.com |
Hugo Byrnes joined Royal Ahold in 2006 and is responsible for Ahold’s sustainable trade and food policies. These cover the food safety and consumer product safety programs, as well as programs for social responsibility, fair trade and critical commodities. He also monitors legislative and societal trends in food and products.
Externally, Hugo actively represents Ahold through several channels, including EuroCommerce (Food Policy Committee), the British Retail Consortium (Technical Advisory Committee), CIES (The Food Business Forum – Global Food Safety Initiative and Global Social Compliance Programme), the Business Social Compliance Initiative (Member’s Meeting) and the Food Marketing Institute (Safe Quality Food).
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