US coffee roaster and retailer Peet’s Coffee & Tea has named Jean-Michel Valette as its new chairman.

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Valette succeeds Christopher Mottern, who retired on 1 January. Valette is an independent consultant to a number of food and drinks companies and has been a member of the board at Peet’s since 2001.


The change will also reduce the size of the company’s board to six members from seven, reported Dow Jones Business News.

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