COFRA Holding AG appoints Sven Dumoulin as chief legal officer (CLO). From 1 June 2025, he succeeds Bernard Roelvink, who is retiring.
Sven brings more than 25 years of senior legal experience in Europe, the Americas and Asia, including as Group Secretary of Unilever and General Counsel of Akzo Nobel. He comes from law firm De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, where he has been a partner in the corporate law practice since 2019.
Bernard will retire on 1 June, after five years as Chief Legal Officer of COFRA and a legal career spanning more than three decades, during which he provided senior counsel in the areas of corporate law, international mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, capital markets and corporate litigation.
Boudewijn Beerkens, CEO of COFRA Holding said, "I am grateful to Bernard for his leadership and wise legal counsel during a period of tremendous change and progress at COFRA as we diversified our portfolio of activities and opened up to external capital. Everyone at COFRA appreciated his contribution and we wish him all the best in his retirement.
I am delighted to welcome Sven Dumoulin as COFRA's new Chief Legal Officer from June. I am confident that his broad legal experience and collaborative approach will be very valuable to COFRA and its businesses."
Sven Dumoulin, the new Chief Legal Officer: "I look forward to returning to a corporate environment and working at COFRA to support its mission to be a force for good in the world. The fact that it is a family-owned company committed to long-term sustainable value creation is very appealing to me. I look forward to leading the legal group as COFRA continues on its path to growth and impact."
As chief legal officer, Sven will join COFRA Holding's management team and report to CEO Boudewijn Beerkens.
For more information:
COFRA Holding
Grafenauweg 10
6301 Zug, Switzerland
Tel: +41 41 728 00 00
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www.cofraholding.com