Tex Gunning
Board Member responsible for Decorative Paints
(1950, Dutch)
Initial appointment 2009
Mr. Louis Willem ( Tex) Gunning was born in the Netherlands. He holds a degree in Economics from the Erasmus University Rotterdam. He is a passionate lecturer, writer and speaker about the role of business in Society and about the need for collective leadership to tackle the world’s biggest challenges. Mr. Gunning has been an advisor to many other business leaders and academics all around the world.
Mr. Gunning’s business career has spanned over 25 years in Unilever, lastly as Business Group President Asia Foods. In September 2007 Mr. Gunning was appointed as CEO of Vedior, a global company in HRM services. After a successful merger with Randstad Mr. Gunning joined AkzoNobel as the Managing Director Decorative Paints.
His long experience in Asia has made him a strong advocate and social entrepreneur in helping to find answers to some of the World’s largest social environmental challenges.