Frans W. H. Muller is a Netherlands; Dutch businessperson who has been at the helm of 9 different companies is on the board of Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School and Food Marketing Institute, Inc. and President & Chief Executive Officer at Royal Ahold Delhaize NV and President of European Retail Round Table.

In the past he occupied the position of Chief Executive Officer for Metro Group Buying HK Ltd., Chairman at Metro Holding France SA, President & Chief Executive Officer for Delhaize Group SA, Chief Executive Officer for METRO Cash & Carry International GmbH, Chief Executive Officer of Makro Cash & Carry Polska SA, Chief Executive Officer for Ahold Delhaize NV, Managing Director at Makro Zelfbedieningsgroothandel, Member-Management Board at METRO AG, Regional Sales Director at KLM Cargo and Chief Operations Officer at Delhaize America LLC.

He received a graduate degree from Erasmus University Rotterdam.