Barry Callebaut’s new VP of Corporate Communications

After more than 15 years as vice-president Corporate Communications at Barry Callebaut, Gaby Tschofen has expressed the desire to hand over her responsibilities to the next generation as of February 1, 2020.

Her successor will be Christiaan Prins, currently Head of External Affairs at Barry Callebaut and since August 2016 a member of Gaby Tschofen’s team.

Gaby Tschofen will remain a part Barry Callebaut, as she will again organize the CHOCOVISION stakeholder conference in 2020 and then take on a part-time role as Head of Diversity & Inclusion.

Christiaan Prins joined Barry Callebaut from Unilever where he served on their European External Affairs team in Brussels from 2008 to 2016, initially as Deputy Head, then as Head of European External Affairs. From 2002 to 2008, he worked as Policy Advisor to a member of the European Parliament in Brussels. Christiaan Prins, born 1978 and a Dutch national, holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Groningen, the Netherlands.