Management Board

Theo Kiesselbach, CEO

A German national, Mr. Kiesselbach joined the Company in 2002 as CEO of Apollo-Optik and Pearle Central Europe. Following the acquisition of GrandVision SA by HAL, Mr. Kiesselbach was appointed Group CEO of GrandVision SA in 2006. When GrandVision B.V. was incorporated in 2011, he became the CEO of the newly merged company. Since then he has managed GrandVision’s continued international expansion. Mr. Kiesselbach began his career at McKinsey & Co in 1988. From 1998, he held executive roles in a number of German retail companies before joining GrandVision. Mr. Kiesselbach holds a graduate degree in Economics and Engineering and a PhD in International Marketing. Paulo de Castro, CFO

A Portuguese national, Mr. de Castro joined GrandVision as CFO in January 2012. Prior to this, he was part of Unilever, which he joined in 1991, working in several positions with increasing levels of responsibility in different European countries. Between 1998 and 2000, he served as Personal Assistant to the Unilever Chairman. From 2000 onwards, Mr. de Castro served as Vice-President Finance in France and subsequently as CFO of Unilever Canada, before taking over as Controller Europe in 2007. From 2009, he assumed responsibility as CFO of the Unilever Supply Chain Company in Switzerland. Mr. de Castro holds a Master’s degree in Biotechnology Engineering and an MBA.