Our Leadership

Ludovic Beaufils

Executive President, KitchenAid Small Appliances, Whirlpool Latin America, Global Information Technology, and Design
Executive Committee

Ludo Beaufils was named executive president, KitchenAid Small Appliances, Whirlpool Latin America, Global Information Technology, and Design effective January 1, 2026.

Beaufils most recently served the company as executive vice president of KitchenAid Small Appliances. Prior to that role, he led Global Platforms in the product organization. Beaufils gained additional industry expertise and leadership capabilities through a variety of roles in EMEA (marketing director, Laundry & Dishcare and director, Marketing Operations) and in North America (senior director, Whirlpool & Value Brands, vice president & general manager Refrigeration, VP Product Marketing).

Before joining Whirlpool in 2006, Beaufils spent seven years at the Boston Consulting Group, in Paris, France, after four years in Project Finance at Banque Nationale de Paris in Paris and London.

Beaufils earned his MBA from ESSEC Business School in Paris, France

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