De Kuyper Royal Distillers broadcasts the retirement of its longstanding Chief Govt Officer, Mark de Witte.
Mark de Witte might be succeeded by Leo Evers, a seasoned enterprise chief with over 30 years of experience within the Quick-Shifting Shopper Items (FMCG) trade, each in Europe and in Asia.
Mark de Witte expressed his gratitude and mirrored on the journey, saying, “It has been an incredible privilege to guide De Kuyper by means of a interval of serious transformation and development. I’m very happy with my group and of what now we have completed collectively. Additionally, I’m grateful for the arrogance and help of the Supervisory Board in addition to of the De Kuyper Royal Distillers shareholders. I’m assured that Leo Evers is nicely suited to information the corporate into its subsequent chapter. I want him and the complete De Kuyper group continued success.”
Underneath de Witte’s management, De Kuyper has made nice strides in the direction of its ambition to change into the globally acknowledged go-to firm for cocktails and one of many predominant innovation drivers within the cocktail trade. De Kuyper has practically tripled its turnover throughout this era. Being awarded “Liqueur Producer of the 12 months” on the prestigious Worldwide Spirits Problem (ISC) 5 occasions in a row (2019-2023) is a transparent signal that De Kuyper’s imaginative and prescient to “Personal the Cocktail” has given good orientation on this path.
Leo Evers’ spectacular profession started in 1990 at Bols Worldwide, adopted by a profitable 25-year journey with the Heineken Group, the place he held varied key positions throughout seven totally different nations. In 2021, the Dutch nationwide joined the Govt Committee of Carlsberg because the Govt Vice President Asia. His in depth background in provide chain, gross sales, advertising and marketing, and normal administration positions, coupled together with his wealthy expertise within the FMCG sector, makes him the best candidate to guide De Kuyper into the following part of its growth.
Evers expressed his enthusiasm for the brand new position, stating, “For many of my skilled profession, I’ve labored for family-owned companies whose wealthy heritage I worth extremely. I like to work for firms with passionate folks, unbelievable manufacturers, and people which might be in search of long-term sustainable development. De Kuyper has an extremely wealthy historical past encompassing over three centuries and continues to display its relevance at the moment. Personally, I imagine that De Kuyper is an organization that’s nicely positioned after the transformation of the final 9 years and has huge alternatives for the longer term, particularly by persevering with to ‘Personal the Cocktail’ and by additional increasing internationally. I’m very excited and honored to affix the De Kuyper group as of April 2024.”De Kuyper’s Supervisory Board Chairman Dirk-Jan Stoppelenburg additionally shared his ideas on the transition, stating, “We prolong our deepest appreciation to Mark for his distinctive management and noteworthy contributions.
Underneath his stewardship, De Kuyper has delivered a powerful efficiency to change into one of the crucial revered liqueur producers on this planet. Mark leaves De Kuyper nicely positioned for future development, and we sincerely thank him for every little thing he has helped us to attain. We welcome Leo Evers to the corporate and are assured that his wealth of expertise and strategic imaginative and prescient will contribute considerably to our continued success. He brings a robust affinity with the trade, a unbelievable drive and power, a very good understanding and expertise of a family-owned context, confirmed strategic skills, and a character and management model that matches seamlessly with what Mark established for De Kuyper previously. We want Mark all the very best in his future endeavors and welcome Leo to the corporate.”
