Univar appoints Simon Atkins Sales & Marketing Manager Food
- Categories: Univar Europe News, Industry, Corporate
- 16 September 2010
Brussels, Belgium – 16 September 2010 – Univar, a leading global chemical distributor, announced today that it has appointed Simon Atkins as Sales & Marketing Manager for its Food Ingredients business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Atkins will focus on driving sales and marketing activity into the Food industry across all 25 EMEA territories, working with local teams to create revenue and market growth whilst developing and enhancing the Univar Food Ingredients brand. He will work closely with Univar’s supplier management teams and technical support teams to create an effective, consistent, customer-focused and growth-oriented Food Ingredients business. He will leverage the company’s in-house recipe and formulation development expertise as well as its dedicated food kitchen laboratories, where new food and drink products are created by Univar’s food technicians, using ingredients from its portfolio such as enzymes, clear proteins, colours, sweeteners and fibres.
Atkins’s career at Univar spans almost 15 years. He managed Distrupol’s Sales Office in the United Kingdom for ten years before moving to a more market-focused role, leading Univar’s Colour business from 2006.
“The EMEA food market is a very interesting place for us to be right now as we are present in a wide range of territories at different levels of market maturity,” explains Atkins. “I am really looking forward to helping increase our sales and customer focus across the whole region as well as building the Univar Food Ingredients brand both internally and in the marketplace.”
“Simon’s knowledge, experience and recent leadership of our enzymes drive and Colour business, make him highly qualified to lead Univar’s Food Ingredients business in EMEA,” says Martin Pugh, Marketing Director EMEA. “His deep understanding of the sales process will enable him to work effectively with our specialised European Food Kitchen Laboratories and local teams on the ground to develop innovations and solutions that are relevant, practical and customer-focused.”
Univar’s strong sales and marketing teams complement chemical producers and create value for customers. The company provides technical expertise in application development, excellence in logistics support, and outstanding customer service to help its partners grow their business.
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About Univar
Univar is one of the world’s leading distributors of industrial and specialty chemicals. Univar represents over 2,500 chemical producers and provides its customer base, made up of 80,000 customers, with a full portfolio of products. Univar operates a network of 179 facilities in North America, Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, and Latin America, with additional sales offices located in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. In 2009, Univar reported sales of $7.2 billion. For more information, visit: http://www.univarcorp.com/.
Operating from 56 distribution facilities in 25 countries across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, Univar’s 2,200 local employees serve more than 28,000 customers in a diverse range of industries including coatings, food, personal care, pharmaceuticals, and other major sectors. To learn more about Univar Europe, please visit: http://www.univareurope.com/.
About Univar Food Ingredients
With over 2000 high quality ingredients covering all aspects of food, Univar Food Ingredients is the place to go for innovative, inspiring solutions for trendy food products. We help modify, enhance and tailor all aspects of food production and innovation be it taste, texture, mouth feel, shelf life or just plain and simple appeal. Our portfolio offering is supported by a dedicated pan-European technical team and two Food Kitchen Laboratories for recipe development.
For further information please contact:
Catherine Lennon
Director - Communications, Europe, Middle East & Africa
Univar Europe
T +32 (0) 2 525 05 63
F +32 (0) 2 520 17 51
M +32 (0) 478 251 588
catherine.lennon@univareurope.com
Julian Rea
Account Manager, CitySavvy PR
T: + 44 (0) 207 395 1000
M: + 44 (0) 7825 66 3000
julian@citysavvy.com
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