Claire Peters will join Ahold Delhaize USA, a division of global supermarket and e-commerce company Ahold Dehaize, as its new CEO beginning Sept. 8. The Supervisory Board for Ahold Delhaize nominated Peters to the executive position and appointed her to serve as a member of the Management Board, which is still subject to shareholder and regulatory approval.
Ahold Delhaize USA is one of the largest grocery retail groups in the country, operating brands based throughout the East Coast that serve millions of customers every week. Peters brings three decades of expertise across grocery, consumer and retail businesses to the company and has established a reputation for building high-performing teams, driving technology transformation and enabling growth by fostering customer trust.
Peters has worked in various international markets and most recently served as vice president for Worldwide Fresh at Amazon, overseeing North American and international business operations. Peters’ background also includes executive positions at Australia-based Woolworths Group and leadership roles in the U.K. and Thailand for Tesco.
“Claire brings strong operational leadership and deep experience in omnichannel grocery and business transformation. She has led businesses of significant scale across several markets, with full accountability for performance, customer proposition and execution. Her combination of strategic insight, customer focus and people-first leadership makes her very well positioned to lead Ahold Delhaize USA into its next chapter. I look forward to welcoming Claire to the team and working closely with her as we continue to build on the exceptional leadership strength of our brands in the U.S.,” Ahold Delhaize President and CEO Frans Muller said in a statement.
