Hein Schumacher (born July 1971, Breda) is a Dutch businessman, and the CEO of Unilever.

Schumacher began his career at Unilever.

[1] He was previously the CEO of the Dutch dairy co-operative FrieslandCampina from 2018 until 2023.

[1][2][3] Before that, he worked at Heinz and was based in China for four years.

[2] Schumacher has been a non-executive director of Unilever from October 2022 until his appointment as its CEO in July 2023.