FDBusiness.com

David Rennie, currently managing director of Nestle Confectionery UK & Ireland, has been promoted to the role of vice president Nestle Zone Europe Operations. He will commence his new role in mid October.

David Rennie has been head of Nestle Confectionery UK & Ireland since January 2009. During his time in confectionery he has been responsible for delivering exceptional business results with the business outperforming the market for four years in a row.

David Rennie.

David Rennie has also been responsible for driving major innovations including the introduction of Rowntree’s Randoms, achieving no artificial colours, flavours and preservatives across the entire confectionery range, as well as the launch of the Nestle Cocoa Plan brought to life through the Fairtrade certification of Kit Kat four finger.

In his new role David Rennie will oversee a number of countries and categories, building on learnings gained from the UK confectionery operation.

He will be succeeded by Ciaran Sullivan, currently managing director of Lactalis Nestle Chilled Dairy UK & Ireland.

Ciaran Sullivan joined Lactalis Nestle Chilled Dairy UK & Ireland as managing director in November 2009. Since then LNCD UK & Ireland has been one of the strongest performing chilled dairy businesses in the UK while introducing a significant number of new products across both UK and Europe such as Yorkie Creme Dessert, Aero Finesse and Nestle Split Pots. Prior to this Ciaran Sullivan was country manager for Nestle Irelandfor six years.