Mark Goedhart

The Heart

• Born 1951. Married. 3 children
• Dutch. Resident in The Netherlands
• Languages: Dutch, English, German, French
• Hobbies: Writing, Running, Sailing
• Favourite Cuisine: my wife’s.

The Head

• Studied chemistry, sociology and business economics in Amsterdam
• City manager career in local government
• Senior finance and IT programs at Harvard and MIT
• Finance and business career at Unilever Foods in the Netherlands and Greece

The Hands

• Chief accountant Unilever Oss
• R&D finance & IT director Unilever Foods
• Finance Director Unilever Greece
• Culinary Business Director Unilever Greece
• Foods Director Unilever Netherlands
• MD interim Provimi Petfoods Netherlands
• Non-exec Boardmember Geodan Mobile Solutions and Geonovum
• boardmember Controllers Instituut

Achievements

• Co-created and implemented winning foodstrategies in Greece and The Netherlands  
• Merged Lever and the Fenix (Netherlands), Pummaro and Elais (Greece), Bestfoods and Unilever Foods (Netherlands)
• Turned around the Unox Brand and the Dutch Provimi Petfood business
• Lead productivity improvement program in Unilever R&D and Unilever Foods 
• Lead two SAP implementations in Unilever Foods Companies
• Founded Dutch Financial Executive Program, the VRC and the Controllers Institute
• Published first book about resistance to change: "de baas is nooit bang"