Frank van Oers

Frank van Oers is chief executive officer of Sara Lee International’s Coffee & Tea division and an executive vice president of Sara Lee Corporation. Van Oers joined Sara Lee in 1996 and has served in his current role since July 2006. Prior to this position, he was named chief financial officer of Sara Lee International and a vice president of the corporation in April 2005. Previously, he served as regional vice president and president of Douwe Egberts Coffee Systems International. During his career at Sara Lee, he has held positions of increasing responsibility that include vice president of finance, administration and information technology for Douwe Egberts Netherlands, general manager of operations for Douwe Egberts Netherlands and president of Douwe Egberts Coffee Systems Netherlands B.V. Prior to Sara Lee, Van Oers held various positions with Chicopee B.V., a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, and was an auditor with Coopers & Lybrand and Deloitte Haskins & Sells. Van Oers earned an accounting degree from NIVRA and is a registered certified public accountant with the Netherlands’ professional association of accountants.