[5] He received a master's degree in economics from the Facultés universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix in Namur, Belgium in 1984.
[1][2][5][3] Van Boxmeer joined Heineken International in 1984, when he worked as a trainee in the Netherlands until 1987.
[1][2][5] He then worked for Heineken in Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Poland and Italy.
[1][5] He served as general manager of Heineken Italia from 2000 to 2001, and has been on its board of directors since 2001.
[7][8] At the 2011 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, he said Nigeria was safer than Greece in terms of investments.