Maiko van der Meer

Maiko van der Meer is a Partner at Stanton Chase Amsterdam. He started his career at Unilever Specialty Chemicals. After serving as CCO for Unilever’s Flavors and Food Ingredients business from 2001 to 2004, Maiko transitioned into general management roles in the international food industry, including the bakery, seafood, meat, plant-based, and poultry sectors.

Maiko previously held several CEO, CCO, and COO roles in large companies such as CSM, Royal Smilde, MOWI, VION Food Group, 2SFG, and Tyson Foods. He has been particularly keen on developing partnerships along the supply chain, from agricultural resources to consumer insights.

Since 2016, Maiko has been a Board Advisor in the agro-food industry, focusing on strategy and M&A. He holds several non-executive board roles for which he completed the Supervisory Board course at the Wagner Institute in 2016. He is especially interested in ESG matters in light of the CSRD legislation.

Maiko has lived and worked in six European countries and has always had global responsibilities. He has now settled down with his family near Breda in the south of the Netherlands.

At Stanton Chase, he focuses on FMCG in the broadest sense. Throughout his career, Maiko has championed numerous programs around leadership, talent development, trainee programs, and succession planning.

Maiko’s hobbies include golf and travelling. He holds an MSc in Chemistry from Utrecht University and an MBA from Twente University in the Netherlands.