Movers & Groovers... Molson Coors Appoints New Marketing Director
Molson Coors, Whyte & Mackay, Premier foods, Shop Direct, Debenhams, Morrisons, GlaxoSmithKline
Molson Coors (UK), whose brand portfolio includes Carling,
Grolsch and Coors Light, are delighted to announce that Chris McDonough,
currently Marketing and R&D Director and Ireland General Manager on the
Muller UK Board, will be joining Molson Coors (UK) as Marketing Director from June
2010. McDonough has an extensive and impressive track record
of commercial experience, brand building and innovation delivery and brings
with him previous insight into the industry as a Marketing controller at
Bacardi Martini, over 10 years of experience at Mars across numerous UK and
European brand roles culminating in his role as German Pet care Marketing Director
and a proven track record of rejuvenating a major brand and driving sustainable
growth through his 5 years at Muller. All told, McDonough is a fantastic
addition to the Molson Coors (UK) board.
The son of Vijay Mallya, the billionaire
owner of India's UB Group, is to work for the firm's Scotch whisky
subsidiary, Whyte & Mackay.
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Mike Baker to the newly created position of head of own-brand.More on this story
The chairman of Premier Foods has announced his intention to
stand down after six years at the helm of the Mr Kipling-to-Hovis food
producer. David Kappler, who is a former finance director at Cadbury
Schweppes, has held the position since the company floated on the stock market
in 2004. Shop Direct, the online and home
shopping group that owns the Littlewoods and Woolworths brands, plans to close
contact centres in Sunderland, Burnley and Newtown with the possible loss of
1,500 jobs. The group, owned by the Barclay brothers, said the decision to close
the centres followed a review of changing shopping behaviour. More on this story
Debenhams
has announced that Nigel Northridge, the former chief executive of cigarette
company Gallaher, will become its new chairman to replace John Lovering. More on this story
Morrisons stunned the
grocery world by hiring a relatively unknown Irishman as its
Chief Executive to fill the boots of Marc Bolland, who is joining Marks
& Spencer. Philips, aged 41, will take up the position in March,
becoming one of the youngest chief executives to lead a FTSE 100
company.More on this story
GlaxoSmithKline is poised to announce cuts of more than 3,000 jobs this week at
its European and US operations as the focus shifts from stagnant Western markets
to China, emerging Asia, and Latin America.More on this
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