Arla Foods appoints Anne Terimo as Chief Marketing Officer

FINLAND – Arla Foods has appointed Anne Terimo as Chief Marketing Officer to develop and grow Arla’s brands in Finland, effective 7 January 2026, and will join Arla’s Finnish management team and Arla’s European Marketing Leadership team.

Terimo’s predecessor, Kati Janhunen, who has worked in a key role in Arla’s brands, responsibility and innovations since 2011, will move to another company at the end of January.

“With her extensive experience, Anne is exactly the right person to accelerate the growth of our brands and build marketing that speaks to our customers and consumers. A warm welcome to Anne,” said Pia Jormanainen, CEO, Arla Oy.

“At the same time, thank you to Kati Janhunen for her long-term excellent work in our company’s marketing.”

Anne Terimo brings over 20 years of strong experience in marketing, sales and category management in various companies in the FMCG sector to Arla.

At Arla, she will be responsible for strengthening the market position of brands such as Arla Luonto+, Arla Protein and Arla Apetina in line with Arla’s Future26 strategy and driving Arla’s global Feed Life focus areas.

“It is important to me to work on products and brands that are truly meaningful to people in their everyday lives, and Arla’s brand is exactly that. Arla speaks for breakfast through the Breakfast is an attitude concept and encourages young people to eat breakfast.

“As a mother of three teenagers, this touches me deeply. It is great to join the Arla team at the beginning of the year to develop Arla’s brands and the entire category forward,” said Anne Terimo.

Arla Foods appoints Fran Ball as new head of UK supply chain

Recently, the company also appointed Fran Ball as its senior vice president of UK supply chain, effective from this month, to oversee a team of more than 2,800 employees.

Ball has spent the past three years as vice president for production at the dairy cooperative and has more than 20 years of experience in the manufacturing sector.

The role of vice president of UK supply chain is a newly created position, with a focus on building a stronger supply chain from “farm to fridge” and strengthening customer delivery through empowering local teams.

Bas Padberg, Managing Director of Arla Foods UK, expressed enthusiasm about Ball’s appointment to the new role.  He noted that over the past three years, she had shown exceptional leadership, contributing to innovation and operational efficiency across the company’s UK sites.

Subscribe to receive our email newsletters with the latest news and insights from Africa, the Middle East and around the world. SUBSCRIBE HERE