Ninove, Flemish Region, Belgium
Guido Vanherpe graduated in 1985 as Master in Applied Economic Sciences at UFSIA and obtained successively a DESS Applied Marketing diploma in 1986 from the Université Aix-Marseille (France) and an MBA in 1988 from Indiana University Bloomington (USA). He started his career in 1988 at Procter & Gamble as Assistant Brand Manager. In 1989, he joined Unilever Belgium (Hartog) where he was Sales & Marketing Manager of the Unilever Chilled Foods Division for four years. In 1993 Guido Vanherpe moved to La Lorraine Bakery Group as Marketing & Sales Manager and took over as CEO and chairman of the executive committee in 1995. Guido Vanherpe holds a mandate as independent Director of the Board of Directors of Mediafin NV. He also holds board positions in the professional federations FEVIA and AIBI.
Manager of the Unilever Belgium (Hartog) Chilled Foods Division