Marc Bolland

Marc Bolland (born 28 March 1959) is a Dutch businessman, who is the current CEO of Marks & Spencer, after having been CEO of UK supermarket company Morrisons

Biography

Early life

He received a bachelor's degree from the Hotelschool The Hague, and then an MBA at the University of Groningen.

Heineken

He began as a graduate at Amsterdam-based Heineken International NV, the third largest brewer in the world, in 1987. Bolland worked in various international management positions in Africa and Central Europe before joining the Heineken board in 2001. He became chief operating officer in 2005. Bolland has been credited with both building and rolling out the Heineken brand internationally.

Morrisons

In September 2006, he was appointed CEO of the UK supermarket chain Morrisons. Morrisons had acquired Safeway in 2004 creating a 130,000 people strong retail conglomerate in the UK. The merger initially proved unsuccessful. Bolland joined after five profit warnings with a brief to turn round the company.