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Soft Drinks International – February 2011
Human Resources
APPOINTMENTS
Alcoa, the global aluminium producer hasnamed
Keith Walton Vice-President, Government
Affairs. He succeeds Russell Wisor,
who is retiring after 33 years of service. The
Board of Directors has also elected John
Kenna as Vice-President, Tax and an Officer
of the company and Olivier Jarraultto the
additional position of Executive Vice-President.
He was recently appointed President,
Alcoa Engineered Products and Solutions.
Charles Wilson, Chief Executive, Booker
Group plc,has become President of IGD, the
international food and grocery analysts.
Fiona Dawson, President, Mars Chocolate
UK, becomes Vice-President. Both will serve
for two years.
Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company
S.A. has appointed John Hunter as a member
of the Board of Directors of Coca-Cola
Hellenic.
D.D. Williamson has appointed Jason
Armao to its Science and Innovation team
at its Global Support Center in Louisville,
Kentucky. As Application Project Manager, he
will lead the development of colour solutions
for customers' individual requirements.
D.D. Williamson Europe has promoted
Barry Foley from Technical Services Manager,
Europe to the new position of Application
Technologist in Science and Innovation.
Also in Cork, Ireland the company has
named David Lawlor as Quality Assurance
Manager. Elsewhere, D.D. Williamson (UK)
Ltd in Manchester has announced the hiring
of Steven Critchley as Plant Manager and
Maryam Nobari as Quality Assurance Manager.
Fortitech Europe ApS has appointed
Kevin Tshimpamba as Business Development
Manager for the African market, responsible
for managing food, beverage and pharmaceutical
sales in the region.
Specialist plastics packaging technology
business Petainer has appointed Martin Lenz
as its new Group Finance and IT director.
John Longworth has been appointed to
the Board of Nichols plc, the UK soft drinks
group as a Non-Executive Director.
Owens-Illinois Inc, the world’s largest glass
packaging maker, has named Dr Deborah
Hockman Vice-President of Global Environment,
Health and Safety. In the newly created
position, she will lead O-I’s global
efforts to enhance the company’s safety,
environment compliance and health
processes, standards and metrics.
The UK's Natural Hydration Council has
restructured its management team and
appointed Kinvara Carey as its first General
Manager. The Council's Director of Communications,
Ian Hall has stepped down from
his role.
APEAL, the Association of European Pro-
Clockwise from top left: Barry Foley, Catherine
Martin, David Lawlor, Derek Burrows, Graham
Stirk, Jason Armao, Martin Lenz, Maryam
Nobari, Steve Critchley and Kevin P. Mahoney.
ducers of Steel for Packaging, has appointed
Evelyne Frauman as Quality and Environment
Manager. The organisation is a federation
of four multi-national producers of steel
for packaging – Arcelor Mittal, Tata Steel
Packaging, Rasselstein-ThyssenKrupp and US
Steel Kosiçe. In total these four companies
employ over 200,000 workers in Europe.
Braby, one of the UK's largest suppliers of
process systems and engineering solutions,
has extended its team of industry experts
with the recruitment of two new professionals,
Derek Burrows and Graham Stirk.
Together they hold almost 60 years’ worth
of experience in the material processing and
handling industry.
Univar, a leading global chemical distributor,
has appointed Catherine Martin as
Quality and Regulatory Affairs Leader. In this
newly created role, she will drive compliance
with all Univar’s regulatory and quality
processes in Europe.
Eveline Grünenfelder has been appointed
Marketing Assistant at Corvaglia, the caps
and closures group.
Kevin P. Mahoney has been elected Senior
Vice-President of Corporate Planning for
Sonoco, the US$4.1 billion global manufacturer
of industrial and consumer products
and provider of packaging services. He is
responsible for leading the company's
merger and acquisition efforts along with
corporate planning.
Vice-President
steps down
THE British Soft Drinks Association (BSDA)
has announced the resignation of Marnie
Millard as its Vice-President following her
resignation from Refresco. The association
says her contribution to the work of BSDA
was greatly valued and that she will be
sorely missed.
At its January meeting the Executive
Council supported the Board of Management’s
recommendation that David Saint,
Managing Director of Gerber Juice Company
Ltd should be elected Vice-President
of BSDA. His nomination will be ratified at
the Annual General Meeting on 10th May
2011.
Also at the meeting the Executive Council
approved the recommendation that Graham
Neale, past President of BSDA and
UNESDA, and recently retired Senior Vice-
President & General Manager of Glaxo-
SmithKline Nutritional Healthcare, be
awarded Honorary Membership of BSDA.
new President
for FDF
Jim Moseley, Managing Director of General
Mills, UK, Ireland and the Nordic markets,
has succeeded Ross Warburton as President
of the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) –
the voice of the UK food and drink manufacturing
industry.
Over the past four years Moseley has
been Vice- and Deputy President of FDF
and chair of its Food Safety and Scientific
Steering Group. He has over 30 years' experience
in the food and drink manufacturing
industry within a broad range of categories
including sports drinks.
Moseley said: “I am proud of the food
and drink industry in this country and
delighted to take on this role.”