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New chief executive of Nestle Bulgaria named

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New chief executive of Nestle Bulgaria named

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Nestle Bulgaria, the local arm of Swiss food giant Nestle, said on October 28 2010 that it had named Zbigniew Walkiewicz as its new chief executive officer.

Walkiewicz, who replaces Antonis Kantzelis, joined the Nestle team in 1994 and has held various positions in the company's divisions in Switzerland, Poland, Ukraine and Moldova.

"Zbigniew Walkiewicz is a member of the European Coordinating Committee for European sales and has largely contributed to a number of European initiatives and projects," the company said in a statement.

Source: Dnevnik.bg

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