Frank Braeken

Frank Braeken

Chair of the Board

Frank is the Chair of MSI's Board. Frank is also the Business Chairman of Enterprise and Parliamentary Dialogue International. He has a career of almost 30 years dedicated to consumer goods, foods and agriculture.

He has extensive experience from the African continent and with other emerging and frontier markets, having worked in what were then high-growth emerging markets, e.g. Poland, Russia and the Andean countries.

Currently based in Dubai, Frank is Chief Investment Officer of Amatheon Agri Holding, a Berlin-based but Africa focused agriculture and foods company. Until May 2013, Frank was the Executive Vice President for Unilever Africa, a US$5bn revenue food and consumer product business, Group Vice President China Region, Managing Director Unilever Foods France, and other positions. Frank’s Unilever career spans over 24 years and covers all major functional roles and business lines.

Frank joined Unilever in 1987 from Procter & Gamble. He is the former Chairperson of Private Investors for Africa, and Vice Chairperson of Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania. He also holds a number of non-executive roles in other companies.

Frank holds an MBA and a Masters of Laws from Leuven University, Belgium