Dole Food Company has appointed Fouad Foukra as its new vice-president and general manager for Dole Europe.
Mr Foukra will be responsible for implementing Dole’s business strategy across its Europe division, which now extends tomore than 30 countries from Scandinavia to Spain and even as far as South Africa.
Hewill also be in charge of strengthening the company’s network, which controlsforward-integrated operations and offers retail customers acoordinated, centrally managed and efficient service.
'‘It is a privilege to be granted the opportunity to work with mycolleagues across the Dole network to lead Dole towards achieving itsgoals,' Mr Foukra commented.
'The markets in which we operate areconstantly evolving,' he added. 'I'm excited by the prospect of developing relationshipswith our customers and demonstrating that Dole understands theirrequirements, and that Dole is the right choice both from a productoffering and from a service delivery perspective.'
Mr Foukra joined the marketing department of Dole Europe in France in 1995, before being promoted to general manager for the European division, Dole Med, located in Istanbul, where he was in charge of developing business opportunities in the region.
In 2006, when Dole Europe acquired JP Fruit Distributors Ltd (JPFD) in the UK, Mr Foukra took on the role of general manager of this new division, known today as Dole Fresh UK.
'I've been working with Fouad for 15 years now,' said Jean-Christophe Juilliard, president of Dole Europe, 'and I know that his knowledge of our network and of the specific markets in Europe will be a major asset in relaying, coordinating and implementing our development strategy, in even closer relationship with our retail partners.'
