Vincent Ham Janssen

Vincent Janssen is chief executive officer of Sara Lee International’s Household and Body Care division and an executive vice president of Sara Lee Corporation. Janssen joined Sara Lee in 1992 as director of marketing and sales for Douwe Egberts, the Netherlands. Since that time, he has held positions of increasing responsibility, including president of Douwe Egberts, the Netherlands, and regional vice president of coffee and tea with responsibility for all coffee and tea activities in the Netherlands, the U.K., Australia and Poland as well as the worldwide out-of-home coffee systems business. Janssen was promoted to his current position in 2003. Prior to joining Sara Lee, he held marketing and sales positions at Unilever and Campina in the Netherlands. Janssen holds a master’s degree in economics and business administration from the University of Brabant, Tilburg, the Netherlands.