Frits Van Paasschen has be Chief Executive Officer and President of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. since September 2007. From March 2005 until September 2007, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Molson Coors Brewing Company’s largest division, Coors Brewing Company, a brewing company, prior to its merger with Miller Brewing Company and the formation of MillerCoors LLC.
Prior to joining Coors, from April 2004 until March 2005, Mr. Van Paasschen worked independently through FPaasschen Consulting, a consulting company, and Mercator Investments, a private equity firm, evaluating, proposing, and negotiating private equity transactions. Prior thereto, Mr. Van Paasschen spent seven years at Nike, Inc., most recently as Corporate Vice President / General Manager, Europe, Middle East and Africa from 2000 to 2004.
From 1995 to 1997, Frits served as Vice President, Finance and Planning at Disney Consumer Products, a business segment of The Walt Disney Company that extends the Disney brand to a range of merchandise, and earlier in his career was a management consultant for eight years at the global management consulting firm of McKinsey & Company and the Boston Consulting Group.
Frits graduated from Amherst College in 1983 and was a member of the men’s soccer team.
