Dole Food Co. has promoted Fouad Foukra, general manager of Dole Fresh UK, to head up its operations across Europe.
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Foukra joined Dole’s European marketing department in France in 1995 and was then promoted to the role of general manager for Dole Med, the company’s continent-wide division, based in Istanbul.
In 2006, when Dole Europe bought JP Fruit Distributors in the UK, Foukra took on the role of general manager of the new division, now known today as Dole Fresh UK.
Foukra’s new job as vice president, general manager for Dole Europe, will see him implementing the company’s business strategy in over 30 countries from Scandinavia and down even to South Africa.
“I’ve been working with Fouad for 15 years now 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,” said Jean-Christophe Juilliard, president of Dole Europe.
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By GlobalDataTwo weeks ago, Dole posted a quarterly loss of US$54m in its first earnings statement since October’s IPO – compared to a third-quarter net loss of $21m a year ago.
Nevertheless, the group claimed to be “extremely pleased” with the recent developments at the business after reporting a jump in third-quarter earnings at the EBITDA level.
Third-quarter adjusted EBITDA had increased 18% to US$85m. Turnover, however, fell 14% to $1.9bn on the back of last year’s sale of the JP Fresh and Dole France businesses.
