Gerald has been the CEO of PPF since July, 2020. Prior to that, he worked for Unilever for 10 years, starting as Senior Vice President for European Customer Development until he was appointed Chief Customer Officer in 2016, and also became a member of the Extended Global Executive Team. Gerald began his career at Procter & Gamble, where he worked in Marketing & Sales for both Germany and Austria, before becoming the General Manager for Austria. 

As a passionate runner, Gerald is a fundamental believer in Health & Wellbeing and Diversity & Inclusion. His motto for PPF is: healthy people produce healthy results in a healthy environment.

Stéphane, a Swiss and Italian national started his career in 1997 in Corporate Finance with Credit Suisse First Boston in Geneva, after having graduated from HEC - the Faculty of Business and Economics in the University of Lausanne. He started his FMCG career with Nestle in 1999 as a Group Internal Auditor and thereafter served as a long-term expatriate having multiple assignments across Asia and Europe as CFO and in Finance Transformation.

In 2014, Stephane joined Thai Union Europe / MW Brands in Paris, the pan-European leader in Branded and Private Label packaged seafood, as Group CFO he was also leading M&A, Business Technology & Transformation.

Since 2021, Stephane has been the Group CFO of PPF and holds accountability over Technology, Legal Affairs, Finance and Corporate Governance.

His motto? “When people are financially invested, they want a return, when they are emotionally invested, they want to contribute”.
 

Torsten joined PPF as COO in August, 2009. Prior to that, he held various senior management positions at Kraft Foods, including Plant Manager/Director, Global Category Director in the HQ in Chicago and Area Director of Manufacturing for Eastern & South East Europe. Within PPF he has established an integrated manufacturing network supported by a centralised operating model, spanning from procurement over product development, the European manufacturing network with an integrated supply chain approach and a QA and engineering support function. Torsten holds a university degree in Engineering and a degree in Management and Economics, and he is a strong believer that anything is possible by stretching the boundaries with a passionate and committed team working in a safe environment.

After studying chemistry and bioprocess technology in the Netherlands, Marieke joined Quest International, a flavours and fragrances company. She held roles in R&D, Facility Management and Product Development. In 2009 she joined Provimi as Senior Project manager, where she executed several footprint optimization projects and large capital investments across EMEA. After Provimi’s acquisition by Cargill, Marieke took her passion for people to the next level by joining the Human Resources team. In her last role as Group HR Leader for Food Solutions in EMEA, she led a business transformation of the Food Ingredients organisation, making it a truly customer-driven organisation. Marieke’s mission as a people leader is to improve business results by improving People Engagement and Performance, as people are the most foundational element of any business.