Heineken CEO, facing slow sales and unsatisfied investors, steps down

Heineken’s CEO Dolf van den Brink resigned unexpectedly on Monday after six years of leading the Dutch brewer and only a few months after setting its new strategy, as the industry battles to get drinkers buying more beer.

Van den Brink took the helm at the world’s No.2 beer maker in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic in June 2020 and has presided over a turbulent period ever since, marked by huge cost inflation and falling sales that have hurt margins and shares.

Announcing his surprise exit...