Heineken N.V. announced that following a highly successful career at the company spanning 27 years including five years as Chief Commercial Officer and almost nine years as an Executive Team member, Jan Derck van Karnebeek has decided to leave the company to pursue other interests outside of the company as of 1 March 2021. Jan Derck van Karnebeek will be succeeded in the Executive Team by James Thompson in early 2021. James is currently Head of Categories, Brand, Innovation and Stores at Avon. He has extensive experience in the beverages sector from his prior 24-year career at Diageo PLC. Under the leadership of Jan Derck van Karnebeek, company’s Commerce teams have thrived across regions with iconic brands and marketing campaigns. Over the past years, the company’s organic revenue growth has accelerated. The Heineken® brand has shown the best performance in decades and it continues to perform very well across all continents. HEINEKEN has progressed strongly on the digital technology opportunity, both in brand marketing and in digitalising sales channels. With the innovation success of Heineken® 0.0 and many other of HEINEKEN’s international brands, the company is well positioned for future growth.