Fireside chat with Dirk Van den Berghe, Executive Vice-President and Regional CEO of Walmart Canada & Asia

Join us for a fireside chat with Dirk Van den Berghe, Executive Vice-President and Regional CEO of Walmart Asia, Canada & Global Sourcing.

Dirk oversees all Walmart subsidiaries in Asia and in Canada. He also oversees Walmart’s global supply chain with sourcing offices in 20 countries. He is on the board of Flipkart, India’s leading Ecommerce company and was on the board of JD.com, one China’s leading Ecommerce companies.

Dirk has 30 years of international leadership experience across Europe, Asia and North America. Prior to his Walmart Asia and China roles where he oversees Walmart's global sourcing structure for 24 offices in 20 countries, Dirk was CEO of Walmart Canada beginning August 2014. He joined Walmart from the Delhaize Group, a leading global food retailer with operations in eight countries and three continents, where he enjoyed a 15-year career.

In addition to his broad international retail background, Dirk has two decades of experience teaching international business and strategy at leading universities across Europe, Asia and the United States. He also has more than a decade of diplomatic and trade experience as the International Trade Commissioner for the government of Belgium and the region of Flanders.

Dirk earned a Ph.D. in economics from Sofia University in Bulgaria, a Master degree in business administration from the State University of Ghent in Belgium, and speaks several languages, including English, French and Dutch.

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