Emmi AG
 

Media release
 

 

Change to Emmi Group Management
 

Thomas Morf to become new Chief Marketing Officer at Emmi

 
 

Lucerne, 30 January 2017 – Thomas Morf is to become the Emmi Group’s Chief Marketing Officer and thus a member of Group Management as of mid-June 2017. He brings with him a wealth of experience. Together with his team, he will make a considerable contribution to strengthening Emmi’s brands and to the Group's international growth.

 
 

Robin Barraclough, former Chief Marketing Officer for the Emmi Group, assumed responsibility for business division Europe on 1 January 2017. Emmi is delighted to welcome Thomas Morf as his successor.

 

Thomas Morf is a proven specialist with more than 16 years of experience in leading marketing and management positions in the consumer goods industry, the majority of which in dairy at Danone.

 

He will become the Emmi Group’s Chief Marketing Officer and thus a member of Group Management as of mid-June 2017. He is an international marketing expert and currently working for Danone in South Africa. His career began in 2000 at Procter & Gamble, where he stayed for seven years. Since 2007, Thomas Morf has been employed at Danone. He has worked in Munich, Paris and Johannesburg, in roles that include Global Marketing Director Innovations at Danone’s headquarters in France and Marketing Director Southern Africa. He is currently Managing Director of one of Danone’s three business units in Southern Africa, Mayo Dairy, with 180 employees and an annual production of 17,000 tonnes, or around 70 million cups.

 

The 42-year-old studied economics, with a focus on international management, at the University of St. Gallen. He is married with three children and will be relocating to Switzerland.
 

 

Contacts

 

Analysts/investors: Esther Gerster, Head of Group Communications & IR Emmi Group
phone +41 58 227 50 69, e-mail: esther.gerster@emmi.com

 

Media: Sibylle Umiker, Group Communications & IR, Head of Media Relations Emmi Group
phone +41 58 227 50 66, e-mail: media@emmi.com
 

 

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Thomas Morf
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About Emmi

Emmi is the leading Swiss milk processor and one of the most innovative premium dairies in Europe. In Switzerland, the company focuses on the development, production and marketing of a full range of dairy and fresh products as well as the production, ageing and trade of primarily Swiss cheeses. Outside Switzerland, Emmi concentrates on brand concepts and specialities in established European and North American markets, and increasingly in emerging markets outside of Europe. The primary focus in fresh products is on lifestyle, convenience and health products. In the cheese business, Emmi positions itself as the leading company worldwide for Swiss cheese. Emmi’s customers are the retail trade, the hospitality and food service sector and the food industry.

In Switzerland, Emmi includes around 25 production sites of every size. Abroad, Emmi and its subsidiaries have a presence in 13 countries, seven of which have production facilities. Emmi exports products from Switzerland to around 60 countries. In 2015, Emmi posted net sales of CHF 3,214 million and a net profit of CHF 120 million. In the first half of 2016, the company achieved sales of CHF 1,594 million and a net profit of CHF 61 million. The company employs around 5,750 staff (full-time equivalents), of which 3,000 in Switzerland.