Hein Schumacher is the Chief Executive Officer of Barry Callebaut. This change will happen on 26 January 2026. It is a deal for Barry Callebaut because they are the largest company that makes cocoa and chocolate products.

The global chocolate industry is going through a time right now. Cocoa prices are, over the place. The companies are feeling the pressure of costs. People are buying chocolate differently in parts of the world. Barry Callebaut is part of this industry so they have to deal with these problems.

Barry Callebaut is getting a person in charge Schumacher and he is taking over from Peter Feld. Peter Feld was in this role for three years.

While Peter Feld was in charge Barry Callebaut worked on making its operations better getting the customers and trying to be sustainable in the long run.

Lately Barry Callebaut has not been selling as much as they wanted to. This is because cocoa is getting more expensive and people in some parts of Europe and Asia are being careful with their money.

The people in charge of Barry Callebaut have decided to bring in Schumacher to focus on getting things done being smart about how they grow and having a plan for the company, Barry Callebaut. Schumacher is now, in charge of Barry Callebaut.

Schumacher has been working with consumer goods and food ingredients for over twenty years. He is known as a leader who can make big changes happen. At Unilever he was the CEO. He made some important changes. He figured out what products were most important made the company more efficient and made it easier for people in regions to make decisions. Before that he worked at Royal FrieslandCampina, where he helped the company deal with changes in the price of commodities and tough situations with people who had a stake in the company. This experience is really helpful for Barry Callebaut because they also work with farms and customers around the world. Schumachers experience with consumer goods and food ingredients is a good fit, for Barry Callebaut.

The board announced that they have chosen Schumacher for the job. They think Schumacher is good at leading companies like Barry Callebaut when things are changing a lot in the market. Chairman Patrick De Maeseneire said that Schumacher has a lot of experience in the industry he really cares about the customers and he has shown that he can make the company more valuable. The board believes these are qualities, for Barry Callebaut to have as it starts its next phase.

Schumacher is going to focus on selling more of their products. At the time they want to make sure they do not lower their prices even when the cost of raw materials goes up.

They have a main things they want to do.

• They want to work with the companies that make food all around the world.
• They want to come up with better chocolate products that are good, for the environment and that people are willing to pay more for.
• They want to make their factories work better and faster.

Schumacher will also keep working on being sustainable. This means they will keep trying to get cocoa from places where they can trace where it comes from. They also want to help the farmers who grow the cocoa to have lives.

This is important because the government and customers are watching them closely to make sure they are doing these things.

Barry Callebaut is still feeling pretty good about how things will go for them in the few years. They think their business is strong and that people will keep wanting chocolate and cocoa ingredients around the world. They just picked Schumacher to help investors feel better about the company. Barry Callebaut wants to be ready to take advantage of the fact that people will keep eating a lot of chocolate when the market gets back, to normal. Barry Callebaut is counting on this to help them in the run.

As Schumacher takes charge, industry observers will closely watch how quickly he translates strategic intent into measurable performance, especially in balancing growth ambitions with cost control in a highly volatile commodities landscape.