Geraldine Matchett
Co-CEO & Member of the Managing Board
Geraldine Matchett
Joined Board August 2014, appointed CFO December 2014, appointed Co-CEO February 2020
Geraldine Matchett (1972, British; French; Swiss) is Co-Chief Executive Officer & Chief Financial Officer and Member of the Managing Board of Royal DSM. She was appointed as Co-CEO on 15 February 2020. Geraldine joined DSM’s Managing Board in August 2014 and became CFO on 1 December 2014.
Geraldine has announced that, as the company completes its merger of equals with Firmenich to become DSM-Firmenich, she will be leaving to further her career elsewhere as of 1 September 2023, in full alignment and with the thanks of the Board. Dimitri de Vreeze will be the sole CEO of DSM-Firmenich thereafter.
Geraldine holds a bachelor's degree in Physical & Human Geography from Reading University (UK) and a master's degree in Sustainable Development from Cambridge University (UK).
Current positions
- Non-Executive Director of ABB
- Board member of Catalyst Europe
- Member of HRH the Prince of Wales’ A4S (Accounting for Sustainability) CFO Leadership Network Europe
- Board member of FCLTGlobal
- Executive Committee Member of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
- Member of the Foundation Board of IMD Business School
