Logitech International announced that, following an extensive, global search, its board of directors has appointed Hanneke Faber as the Company?s new chief executive officer. She will take on the role effective December 1, 2023. As CEO, Hanneke will initially be based in Logitech?s headquarters in Switzerland, before relocating to Silicon Valley next year.

Hanneke Faber will join Logitech with more than 30 years of global leadership experience across a variety of consumer, B2B, and e-commerce businesses. Hanneke joins Logitech from Unilever where she led their $14 billion Nutrition business as group president. Her responsibility spanned more than 150 countries and included brands, research & development, the B2B Unilever Food Solutions business and a supply chain of about 60 factories and contract manufacturers around the world.

Prior to her six years at Unilever, she served as chief commercial officer of global retailer Ahold Delhaize, where she built the company?s e-commerce business into a global top 50 e-commerce player and drove omnichannel retail operations. Prior to Ahold Delhaize, she held various international leadership roles at Procter & Gamble, including the global Head & Shoulders and Pantene brands, as well as the global beauty cosmetics business, where she launched the Max Factor brand in China. Hanneke is a member of the board of directors and audit committee of Tapestry Inc., the parent company of luxury brands Coach, Kate Spade New York, and Stuart Weitzman.

She previously served on the supervisory board of Bayer AG. She is a graduate of the University of Houston.