Dirk VAN DEN BERGHE, PhD

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Professional Summary

Leadership experience, including more than 15 years as CEO, at leading retail companies, in casu Walmart Inc and Delhaize Group, in Asia, Europe and North America
Digital and omni-channel experience for developing and managing partnerships with leading Tech companies, including Tencent, JD.com, Rakuten, PhonePe and Flipkart, and for digitizing traditional retail companies.
Acquisitions in Europe, Canada and Asia, including the biggest foreign investment up-to-today in India, Flipkart Group, and divestitures in various countries
Board experience, including on Nasdaq listed JD.com (China), on Walmart subsidiaries' boards such as Walmart Canada Bank (Canada) and Flipkart (India), and on Reynaers Aluminium (Belgium)
A strategy and academic background with more than 2 decades of teaching experience at business schools on 4 continents
Track record in the field of community service and sustainability

April 2021 onwards, Advisory Work, Board Mandates and CEO Mentoring
July 2014 March 2021, Walmart Inc. (Fortune 1 company, NYSE listed)
o Executive Vice President and Regional CEO Walmart Asia (China, India and Japan), Canada and/or Global Sourcing, July 2016 – March 2021
o Senior Vice President and CEO Walmart Canada, July 2014 July 2016
November 1999 June 2014, Delhaize Group (Euronext listed, merged in meanwhile with Ahold into Ahold-Delhaize)
o CEO of Delhaize-Le-Lion (Belgium and Luxembourg), November 2011 June 2014
o SVP Merchandising Delhaize-Le-Lion (Belgium and Luxembourg), and Global Sourcing Delhaize Europe & Asia, July 2008 - October 2011
o SVP Strategy and CEO Emerging Markets (Czech & Slovak Republics, Indonesia and Romania), June 2005-June 2008
o SVP and CEO Delhaize Asia (Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand), June 2003 June 2005
o SVP and CEO Devita C(zech & Slovak Republics), June 2000 June 2003
o Management Trainee, November 1999 June 2000
November 1988 October 1999, Commercial Attaché in Sofia Bulgaria, Belgian Embassy, and subsequently as Economic Representative of Flemish Trade & Investment in Bangkok - Thailand and New York – USA
September 1986 October 1988, Metallo-Chimique, Beerse Belgium
September 1985 August 1986, Unilever, Antwerp Belgium

August 2018 January 2021, at Flipkart Group (Singapore / India), as Chair of the Nomination and Governance Committee and as member of the Audit and Investment Committees, on behalf of Walmart Inc.
August 2016 September 2018, at JD.com (New York / China), as Board Observer on behalf of Walmart Inc.
August 2014 June 2016 at Walmart Canada Bank (Canada), Chairman of the Board
June 2013 June 2014, at Reynaers Aluminium (Belgium), as Independent Director
April 2010 April 2013, at AMS (Netherlands), European Sourcing Alliance, on behalf Delhaize Group
June 2005 July 2014, Summit Committee of the Consumer Goods Forum (France), on behalf of Delhaize Group
October 1991 May 2000, at Export Flanders (Belgium), as Independent Director
Several other board roles at associations and/or not for profit organizations

1993 - 2011, Adjunct Professor at MBA, EMBA and Management Programs at HKU, Hong Kong / IIM Ahmedabad, India / Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Netherlands / Solvay Business School, ULB, Belgium / Ichec, Belgium / California State University East-Bay, CA, USA / St Mary's University, CA, USA / Chulalongkorn University, Thailand / Thammasart University, Thailand / Assumption University, Thailand / Bangkok University, Thailand: Courses on Strategic Management, Strategies in Emerging Markets and International Business
1993 - present, guest classes and presentations at universities, federations, congresses and/or companies in Belgium, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Hong Kong, Philippines, South-Africa, Thailand, UK, USA and Vietnam

Ph.D. in Economics, Institute of National and World Economy, Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski, Bulgaria 1991
Master Degree (Licenciaat) in Business Management (T.e.w.), State University of Ghent, Belgium, 1985
Bachelor Degree (Kandidaat) in Business Management (T.e.w.), State University of Ghent, Belgium, 1983