Tomas Pietrangeli has been appointed as the new head of Arla Denmark. He is moving from his role as Managing Director at Reckitt Benckiser and will join Arla Arla later this year.
Tomas Pietrangeli, 42, has broad experience from other fast-moving consumer goods companies including Proctor and Gamble, Gillette, and Royal Unibrew.
“Tomas brings some exciting skills with him to his new role, which I look forward to seeing him unfold as he carries on the solid work that our Danish business delivers,” says Arla CEO Peder Tuborgh.
”I really look forward to taking on the role as head of Arla Denmark, which I regard as being Denmark’s strongest and most exciting food company. I am looking forward to continually developing the Danish business, together with the team at Arla Denmark,” says Tomas Pietrangeli.
When Peter Giørtz-Carlsen recently left his position as head of Arla Denmark and took on the role as head of Arla UK, Arla’s executive management group took the opportunity to review the future leadership setup for all three Nordic core markets – Sweden, Denmark and Finland.
Head of Arla Sweden, Executive Vice President Henri de Sauvage, will continue as head of Arla Sweden based in Stockholm, but will represent all three Nordic core markets in the executive management group, as of 2015.
In 2013, Arla’s turnover in Sweden was approximately DKK 11.6 billion, while it reached approximately DKK 6.6 billion in Denmark and approximately DKK 2.7 billion in Finland.