Barry Callebaut AG today announced the appointment of Isabelle Esser as Chief Human Resources Officer and member of the Executive Committee, reporting to CEO Antoine de Saint-Affrique, effective February 1, 2019. Isabelle Esser will work to ensure that Barry Callebaut’s people strategy is fully aligned with its “smart growth” business strategy.

She joins Barry Callebaut from Unilever, where she currently serves as Executive Vice President R&D Foods Transformation in the Global Foods & Refreshment Division, responsible for leading the transformation of the Foods R&D into a more agile innovation engine and for developing talent, capabilities and the organization of the future. In her more than 25 years of leadership experience, Isabelle Esser has held various management positions in Innovation and R&D with the Foods as well as the Home & Personal Care businesses of Unilever.