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Glen Broomberg Procurement Director: Qualifications and experience: BSocSci (Hons); Glen has been transacting in Eastern markets for more than 20 years, dating from his first professional excursion to mainland China in 1987. With Ryan, he initially founded a flourishing chain of retail stores and subsequently established GRS. Glen travels continually to a multitude of Asian manufacturing territories, thereby continuously adding to his wealth of experience and ensuring that the procurement team are able to consistently identify and work with the best and most cost-effective suppliers in the region. |
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Ryan Broomberg Director Qualifications and experience: CA(SA); Ryan's track record in financial management is both extensive and formidable. During the course of his executive career he has acted as a director for both a financial services company and a large equipment hire business. He was also managing director of the retail chain which he founded with Glen, a business focused on Asian sourcing and numbering some 50 outlets at the time of sale. Ryan oversees all financial and legal matters for GRS, rigorously maintaining an unswerving platform of good governance and structural reliability. |
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Patrick Leclezio Client Service Director Qualifications and experience: BCom, MBA; Patrick's professional background is in marketing management, having worked for leading international companies within the liquor and tobacco industries. In that time he has managed category leading brands and full portfolios. His knowledge of brand management and of new product and packaging development ensures that our interface with clients is empathetic and insightful, and that our management of creative developments is of specialist standards. |
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Lloyd Neilson Director Qualifications and experience: MBA; From his initial career roots as a technical specialist, Lloyd branched out into business, forming an electrical contracting company, then, subsequently, a chemicals trading company, both of which he successfully managed for many years before joining GRS. Lloyd has overseen the design and development of our procurement management systems and oversees all IT and systems' related matters at GRS. His efforts in these areas allow us to deliver a level of service (and information) which we believe is the benchmark for our industry. |
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John Fourie Director Qualifications and experience: IMM; John has over 20 years experience in the fmcg industry dealing with a wide scope of marketing projects. His career has included over 13 years with Seagrams and Diageo. He has extensive experience in leading brand strategy and is an invaluable resource for the company and customers alike, when it comes to building brand equity. |
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Faizal Kassim Operations Director Qualifications and experience: DipPurMan; Faizal has accumulated extensive experience managing logistics for projects involving Eastern supply. His operational knowledge of trade finance, quality control, transportation, and the many other areas of expertise involved in successfully delivering such orders, is highly cultivated and comprehensive. He bears responsibility for a team of managers who, under his supervision, administers all of the company's active projects, allowing us to deliver the assiduous service, which we commit to our clients. |
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Zhang Peng Procurement Director – China Operations Qualifications and experience: Bachelor of Economics (PRC); Zhang has been sourcing iin mainland China for over 14 years. His career started with the prestigious trade company Guangdong Light Industrial Product Import & Export Co and he has subsequently run his own trading companies as well as a successful paper manufacturing company. Zhang has a wide scope of product technical knowledge and has helped build up an extensive supplier database. He is very aware of the standards required by global companies manages his team to very high and exacting targets. |
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Fred Chee Director – China Operations Qualifications and experience: Bachelor of Economics (PRC);Fred is the general manager of the China office and oversees HR, Finance & IT. Previously Fred acted for 8 years as logistics manager for the San Miguel Corporation (the largest food and beverage maker in South East Asia).He is very detail driven and keeps a very tight reign on the systems within the China office. |
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Rakesh Dayal Director - India Operations Qualifications and experience:BA from Delhi University, Fashion and Merchandising Diploma from London School of Fashion;After working with French Connection and Dolly Dolly in London for 3 years, Rakesh returned to New Delhi from where he has been trading ever since. He has extensive experience in Indian products and the supply chain through to retail operations in the USA, UK, Eurpope and South Africa. Rakesh has worked closely with the founders of GRS since 1994. |
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