Floris Maljers

Floris Anton Maljers (12 August 1933 – 2 December 2022) was a Dutch business executive.

He was CEO of the Unilever food group (1984–1994) and was chairperson at KLM, Philips and Vendex International [nl].

After graduating he started as an intern at a parent company of Unilever, where he quickly made his career.

He also worked several times for Dutch ministries as a troubleshooter to solve economic issues like at the request of minister Hans Wijers being involved in the government support for the bankrupt Fokker and he was commission chairman for the flooding of the Hedwigepolder.

[1][2] He received the gold Eremedaille voor Voortvarendheid en Vernuft [nl].