Barry Callebaut has appointed Coulibaly Arouna to the position of director of operations, France.

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Arouna has spent all his career with the Swiss chocolate-making group occupying the post of  director of operations at Callebaut’s Cameroon subsidiary, Sic Cacaos, before becoming its managing director and a board member.


Callebaut has also appointed Aurélie Hristov to the position of manager, research and development, France.  Hristov previously held engineering posts with the group in France.

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