Roland Vaxelaire is a Belgian

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 businessman, with a career in the food supply chain.

Education

He obtained a MBA from the University of Chicago

University of Chicago

The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...

 (Chicago

Chicago

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, United States

United States

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Career

Between 1982 and 2002, he held senior management positions at Nestlé

Nestlé

Nestlé S.A. is the world's largest food and nutrition company. Founded and headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland, Nestlé originated in a 1905 merger of the Anglo-Swiss Milk Company, established in 1867 by brothers George Page and Charles Page, and Farine Lactée Henri Nestlé, founded in 1866 by Henri...

 USA, Sopad-Nestlé France, the Danone group (Kronenbourg, Evian, Alken-Maes) and at GIB (Grand Bazar, Inno(vation), Bon Marché). Roland Vaxelaire is the Quality, Responsibility & Risk Management Director for the Carrefour

Carrefour

Carrefour S.A. is an international hypermarket chain headquartered in Levallois-Perret, France. It is one of the largest hypermarket chains in the world...

 Group and President of Carrefour Belgium

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

, and he is also the Permanent Delegate for the Carrefour Group in relation to the European Institutions. He is a member of the European Retail Round Table

European Retail Round Table

The European Retail Round Table is a European organisation which represents companies from the European retail sector. Together the members employ about 2.3 million people and have a turnover of €400 billion.The organisation is based in Brussels, Belgium....

 (ERRT) and he is chairman of the Environmental Committee of Eurocommerce. In addition he is a board member of the European Food Safety Authority

European Food Safety Authority

The European Food Safety Authority is an agency of the European Union that provides independent scientific advice and communication on existing and emerging risks associated with the food chain, created by European Regulation 178/2002....

 (EFSA), and a member of the Belgian businessclub Cercle de Lorraine

Cercle de Lorraine

The Cercle de Lorraine or Club van Lotharingen is a Belgian business club, located in Uccle, Belgium. The club was founded in Brussels in 1998, and it wants to bring together, distinguished and representative personalities from the Belgian financial community, French speaking as well as Dutch...

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Source

• Roland Vaxelaire (EFSA)