AUSTRALIA - Schur Flexibles Group, one of the leading providers of flexible packaging solutions in Austria and Europe has appointed Thorsten Kühn as its new Chief Executive Officer. The appointment came after serving as the vice-president of the company’s European PET business and as the regional head of the company’s Asia division while at the…
USA - Campbell Soup has announced a strategic reorganization to capitalize on the rapidly changing food industry landscape while aligning the business to the company’s strategies. According to the company, the new structure reorganizes its core business operations -including its important soup, simple meals and shelf-stable beverages portfolios and its powerful snacks portfolio -under the…
UK – Diageo, the British multinational alcoholic beverages company has appointed Susan Kilsby as a non-executive director to its board and a member of its Audit, Nomination and Remuneration Committees. Susan was appointed chairman of Shire Plc, an Irish-based global specialty biopharmaceutical company in 2014 after joining the drug maker in 2011. Also, she is…
SOUTH AFRICA - Shoprite’s Chief Financial Officer Marius Bosman will be stepping down from his position in July, after the retailer completes its financial accounts for the year ending June, reports Business Day. He will however remain as a consultant, according to the market announcement by the firm, as he has served for as long…
INDIA- The managing-director of Anand-based Kaira District Co-operative Milk Producers Union Limited, popularly called Amul Dairy, has resigned and his resignation was accepted in a board meeting yesterday, the milk cooperative's chairman Ramsinh Parmar said. While K Rathnam's resignation comes amidst allegations of a Rs 450-crore corruption in allocation of tenders and recruitment at the…
ZAMBIA - Carl Irwin, the joint CEO and co-founder of Zambian agribusiness enterprise Zambeef has retired at end of March after building the company into a ‘multi-national conglomerate’ together with other founders. Carl Irwin is said to have served 23 years of leadership at one of the leading food retailers in Zambia and South Africa. He has greatly…
NEW ZEALAND – New Zealand dairy co-operative Fonterra has announced that its Chief Executive Theo Spierings will be leaving his role and the company later in 2018, and that they had embarked on a process in search of a new CEO. As part of the succession process, the company has said the decision to resign…
SWITZERLAND – Nestle has announced its joint winners for its Nestlé’s 2018 Creating Shared Value Prize who won US$157,107 each for their outstanding work in nutrition and rural development. According to the company, 'Mumm' from Egypt and 'Fishers and Changemakers' from the Philippines, the two social entrepreneurs are the joint winners of Nestlé’s 2018 Creating…
USA - DowDuPont has announced that Andrew N. Liveris will be transitioning out of the role as Executive Chairman, and then retiring as the Materials Science Division of the company progresses on its succession process. Mr. Liveris informed the Board that he will no longer serve as Executive Chairman of DowDuPont effective April 1, 2018.…
CANADA - The Coca-Cola Company has announced that Larry Tanenbaum O.C. and Junior Bridgeman have signed a non-binding Letter of Intent to acquire the company’s Canadian bottling and distribution business, Coca-Cola Refreshments Canada (CCRC). The acquirer will be a Canadian-based joint venture between Tanenbaum, the current President and CEO of Kansas City-based Heartland Coca-Cola Bottling…
