Joachim Yebouet holds over 30 years of extensive experience with the private and public sector organizations, having covered several senior management positions in multinationals and family conglomerates, and in-depth operational management expertise across Europe, Africa and the Middle East. He has held the position of Vice-President for Foods Supply Chain at Unilever and was responsible for Africa, Middle East and Turkey region for around 10 years. He re-joined FOODCO in 2018 after a three stent as CEO of Tiger Brands East African Industries from 2015 to 2018. From 2009 to 2013 he held the role of COO at Al Islami Foods in the UAE..
Joachim has been instrumental in so many activities from Strategy design to execution with personal dedication and passion to make those companies successful. Joachim was a speaker at the 2017 The Economist & Unido GMIS (Global Manufacturing & Industrialization summit) in Abu Dhabi. He was also a Speaker at the World Manufacturing Symposium at Kings College Cambridge in the UK, and at the World Foods Secure Chain conference in Hong Kong speaking about Foods chain integrity. He was also speaker at Gulfoods in Dubai also at the Wharton Club Africa Executive CEO Forum in Addis Ababa and most recently at Indus Foods World Supermarket chain in India. Joachim was a member of the 2016 Deloitte C-Executive Business Development Roadshow in West Africa. .
Joachim is French National and holds a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering..