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Isabelle Esser

Chief Human Resources Officer

DANONE

Isabelle Esser has 35 years of experience in consumer goods and B2B international companies in local, regional, and global roles. Most recently, she is the Chief Human Resources Officer of Danone, a role she assumed on October 1, 2024, in addition to serving as Chief Research & Innovation, Quality and Food Safety Officer, a position she has held since 2022. Prior to joining Danone, she was the Chief Human Resources Officer of Barry Callebaut, after a career of over 25 years in Research and Development at Unilever, where she last held the position of Executive Vice President R&D Foods Transformation in the Global Foods & Refreshment Division. Isabelle started her career as a scientist at Unilever Research & Development Port Sunlight Laboratory, UK, after which she served in various positions within Research & Development in global, regional and local roles in the Foods, Home and Personal Care business divisions. Isabelle holds a degree as ‘Ingénieur Civil en Sciences des Matériaux, Orientation Physique’ from Louvain-La-Neuve University in Belgium and a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Birmingham in the UK.
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