Hans Van Bylen

Hans Van Bylen
Born April 26, 1961 (Berchem, Belgium)
Nationality Belgian
Alma mater University of Antwerp
Occupation Manager
Title CEO of Henkel
Term 2016 - present

Hans Van Bylen (born April 26, 1961 in Berchem, Belgium) is the CEO of Henkel since May 2016. He is married with 3 children.

Education

Hans Van Bylen studied business economics at the University of Antwerp and graduated with both a degree in business management and a Master of Business Administration.[1] He also completed numerous executive development courses, e.g. at Harvard Business School. He is fluent in Dutch, English, German and French.

Career

He joined Henkel in 1984 as Product Manager for detergents in Belgium. After several positions in marketing for detergents and cosmetics, he took over management responsibilities for various countries and regions. In 2005, Hans Van Bylen became member of Henkel’s management board and served as Executive Vice President for the Beauty Care business. In May 2016 he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Henkel,[2] succeeding Kasper Rorsted who joined adidas. In June 2016, Henkel acquired under his leadership the US based The Sun Products Corporation for 3.2 bn euros[3] In November 2016, he presented the company’s new strategy (Henkel 2020+)[4]

He served on several boards in the US and in Germany, and is now President of the German Chemical Industry Association (VCI)[5]

Awards

Hans Van Bylen was awarded “CEO with the best image 2016 “ among Germany’s DAX CEOs by media analytics institute Unicepta[6]

References

  1. ↑ Bloomberg Profile Hans Van Bylen Retrieved on 20 March 2017.
  2. ↑ The Consumer Goods Forum Profile Hans Van Bylen Retrieved on 20 March 2017.
  3. ↑ Noel, Marc Andrew. “Henkel to Acquire Sun for $10 million in Biggest U.S. Deal”, “Bloomberg”, 24 June 2016. Retrieved on 10 February 2017.
  4. ↑ Sheahan, Maria; Weir, Keith. “UPDATE 3-Under new CEO, Henkel looks to develop online business", Retrieved on 20 March 2017.
  5. ↑ VCI Online Retrieved on 28 September 2018.
  6. ↑ Unicepta “Annual CEO Ranking by UNICEPTA: Making successful use of honeymoon period and future trends to generate positive media reports” 25 December 2016. Retrieved on 10 February 2017.
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