Arla Foods Germany has a new Head of Communications

14-Dec-2023

On January 15, 2024, Carla Henckel will become Director Communications at the dairy cooperative Arla Foods in Germany. In this role, she will be responsible for public affairs, external and internal corporate communications. She comes from ALDI SOUTH, where she has been responsible for representing the company's national interests as Public Affairs Team Leader for the past six years. In her new role, Carla Henckel will report to Mariam Sommerfeldt Skovfoged, Senior Vice President (SVP) at the Arla Group in Denmark and will also be part of the German management team headed by Arla Germany boss Lillie Li Valeur. At Arla, she succeeds Kasper Thormod Nielsen as Head of Communications, who recently took over as Director Members and Agriculture Commercial in Central Europe (Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg).

"Carla has a strong track record in public affairs and an excellent understanding of the food industry. In recent years, she has focused in particular on agriculture, nutrition, environment and climate issues. For us as a dairy cooperative, these are key areas, both in terms of advocacy and communications work. I am therefore very pleased that Carla will be responsible for our public affairs and communications agenda in Germany and will also be part of the global communications leadership team," says Mariam Sommerfeldt Skovfoged, SVP Corporate Communications at Arla Group in Denmark.

"I am delighted that we have been able to recruit Carla, an experienced expert in public affairs and communications. She has excellent knowledge of the German market and the food retail sector. Together with her, we will further strengthen Arla's profile in Germany and drive forward our sustainability agenda," says Lillie Li Valeur, Head of Germany at Arla Foods. "At the same time, I would like to thank Kasper for his very successful work as Communications Director over the past six years and I am very pleased that he will continue his career at Arla in a new management position."

Carla Henckel has been with ALDI SOUTH for the past seven years, including six years as Public Affairs Team Leader. In this role, she was responsible for representing the company's interests in Germany at federal and state level and built up a cross-thematic network with political players, particularly in Berlin and Düsseldorf. She also represented the company at external events such as panel discussions and worked closely with the Corporate Communications and Corporate Responsibility departments.

"Arla is a leading dairy company with strong brands and I am very much looking forward to helping Arla move towards a more sustainable future for the dairy industry. Coming from a retail background, it is particularly exciting for me to get closer to the origin of the products and to work with the farmers - the owners of Arla. The dairy cooperative has a very impressive sustainability agenda and I am looking forward to contributing to its implementation by shaping the company's communication together with my team," says Carla Henckel about her future role.

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