Cargill appoints Philippe Huet as new head of Cocoa and Chocolate

Philippe Huet has been appointed as the new Managing Director Cocoa for Cargill’s cocoa & chocolate business. Huet takes over from Harold Poelma, who made a major contribution to establishing the company’s leadership in cocoa, and has now taken up a new challenge – as Managing Director of Cargill Refined Oils Europe.

Since joining Cargill in 1995, Huet has held various managerial positions across the company. In 2005 he joined the management team of Cargill’s cocoa & chocolate business as Commercial Director for the cocoa division, leading the product sales, cocoa bean origination, and risk management activities. Most recently Huet has overseen the successful integration of German chocolate manufacture Kakao Verarbeitung Berlin (KVB) into Cargill’s cocoa & chocolate business, making Cargill the largest chocolate producer in Germany and the second largest in Europe.

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