Kraft Foods restructures in Europe travel-retail

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Kraft Foods World Travel Retail Division has consolidated its European activities into a new West Central Europe/Western Europe export business unit in Zurich, Switzerland

Kraft Foods World Travel Retail Division has consolidated its European activities into a new West Central Europe/Western Europe export business unit in Zurich, Switzerland. The move follows the decision by the group to transfer global export and sales into the regions.

The new unit will be headed by Jaya P. Singh as director, reporting to World Travel Retail Division general manager Andreas Fehr.

Fehr said: "Jaya has played a key role in the development of our travel-retail business both in Asia and more recently here in Europe."

Singh will be succeeded by Patrick Dorais as area manager Continental Europe, UK & Ireland. Dorais joins from Nestlé International Travel Retail where he has experience in various key sales and marketing functions.

Reporting to Dorais will be area manager UK and Ireland Bob Porterfield, regional sales manager Central, Eastern and Southeast Europe Michael Skoczylas and regional sales manager France, Iberia & Benelux Elise Perl.

All other regions and responsibilities remain unchanged.