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Bouwman joins Unilever to lead global pensions and benefits.

What happened

Unilever PLC hires Rogier Bouwman as global head of pensions and benefits.

Source

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Bouwman joins Unilever to lead global pensions and benefits. Prominent European captive owner Rogier Bouwman leaves Heineken after 10 years, where he was also a global pensions and benefits director Rogier Bouwman has joined Unilever as its new global head of pensions and benefits. Bouwman is a prominent captive owner in Europe who had spent the last 10 years as global pensions and benefits director at Heineken. This role involved running the group's employee benefits captive, Haystack. For his work there he previously featured in Captive Review's list of leading captive owners. Announcing his new role at Unilever on LinkedIn earlier this month, Bouwman said he was "looking forward to shaping the exciting future of Unilever's People and Reward agenda with Carl Saunders and Mairead Nayager." And on his time at Heineken he added: "I can only look back with pride and a ton of fond memories. I absolutely loved working with so many great colleagues and want to give special thanks to Wendy Zhang, Alejandra Porres and Yolanda Talamo for all the support and opportunities!"

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Event
Executive hire

What this signalsA new leader often reviews the tools the team uses.

Person
Rogier Bouwmanglobal head of pensions and benefits

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People

  • Rogier Bouwmanglobal head of pensions and benefits · Named in the story

Details

Category
Hires

Topics and mentions

Job title tags

  • human resources
  • management

Extraction

Confidence
66%
Detected
Apr 23, 2026
signal_type
news
signal_subtype
hires

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