Fabien Simon

CEO at Jacobs Douwe Egberts

Fabien Simon (French), is CEO of JDE Peet’s. He has been a Director of JDE Peet’s since its listing and was responsible for leading its successful IPO on the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange in May 2020. He also serves as chairman of JAB’s pet care platform. Previously, he was a Partner and the CFO of JAB.

Between August 2014 and January 2019, he was the CFO of JDE, during which time he led its M&A strategy and multiple large-scale integrations. Prior to JDE, he spent 13 years at Mars, holding various finance leadership roles, including Asia Pacific CFO, Vice President and CFO Petcare Europe and Finance Director Europe. Fabien also spent eight years at Valeo in a variety of leadership roles, including Finance Director.

He holds a Master's degree in Finance and Economics from the University of Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens and a Chartered Accountant Certificate. He lives in Amsterdam with his wife and three children.

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