Ben De Schryver was appointed Chief Financial Officer effective January 1, 2021, and has been a member of the Executive Committee of Barry Callebaut since September 2017.

Ben De Schryver began his career with Barry Callebaut in Belgium in 1999. He transferred to Singapore in 2002 as Chief Financial Officer Region Asia Pacific and then relocated to Canada as Director Pricing & Customer Services in 2007. He moved to the company's new regional head office in Chicago in 2009, where he last served as Chief Financial Officer Americas before being appointed President Asia Pacific effective September 2016. 

Ben De Schryver holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Hogeschool Gent in Ghent, Belgium.