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Launched the JUUL business in EMEA in 10 plus countries to build $200 m plus retail revenue from zero. Achieved leading vape market shares in the U.K, Ireland, Italy, Switz, France, Russia and Ukraine within 12 months. Created a Government relations team to effectively interact with Govt on harm reduction legislation aiding positive legislative movements. Employed 500 plus talented people from a team of 6 initially. Created route to market in each country with… Show more Launched the JUUL business in EMEA in 10 plus countries to build $200 m plus retail revenue from zero. Achieved leading vape market shares in the U.K, Ireland, Italy, Switz, France, Russia and Ukraine within 12 months. Created a Government relations team to effectively interact with Govt on harm reduction legislation aiding positive legislative movements. Employed 500 plus talented people from a team of 6 initially. Created route to market in each country with either direct distribution or distribution partners. Established business tracking, reporting, approval, cash flow, customer service reporting processes to run the business effectively. Established strong processes, systems and tracking to sell to adults smokers only and avoid inappropriate usage. Partnered with USA head office to create specific vaping product formats for EMEA.Opened legal entities, created Boards, worked on the foundational set up of the business. Lead EMEA specific appropriate consumer interaction campaign set up. Global member of JUUL Exec team that scaled the business from approx $200 m 2017 to $2 billion plus 2019. Show less

o Delaware Incorporated USA company with assets in Europe and CIS : $ 2BillIon USA gross revenues, $800M net revenue,o Recruited in a new high quality management team from Wimm Bill Dann, Red Bull, Pepsi, Coca-Cola • 2013 to present : Promoted to the Global CEO Roust vodka overseeing Roust Corp (former CEDC) and Russian Standard vodka: (65% of the business in Europe/USA) o $2 USA Billion gross revenue, $1 USA Billion Net revenue in 80 countrieso Restructured… Show more o Delaware Incorporated USA company with assets in Europe and CIS : $ 2BillIon USA gross revenues, $800M net revenue,o Recruited in a new high quality management team from Wimm Bill Dann, Red Bull, Pepsi, Coca-Cola • 2013 to present : Promoted to the Global CEO Roust vodka overseeing Roust Corp (former CEDC) and Russian Standard vodka: (65% of the business in Europe/USA) o $2 USA Billion gross revenue, $1 USA Billion Net revenue in 80 countrieso Restructured global profit in 3 years from -$20M EBITDA to +$100M EBITDAo Build a new Global Management team – flattened structure, recruited extensive talent, promoted from within high performers, developed people processeso Launched a total of 100 new brands and SKUS, mostly higher margin, which have become 5% of global volume, 7% of contributiono Revenue Growth Management – implemented the principles globally of brand, pack, price , channel to drive up revenue per case, hence a major factor in the $120M EBITDA growtho Strong and profitable increases in vodka share in key markets:1. Poland ​​23 to 43% share2. Hungary ​50 to 68% share3. UK ​6 to 13% share4. Germany ​3 to 6% share5. Israel ​ ​15 to 30% shareo Grew share in whiskey, wine and specialty spirits in Poland, Hungaryo Signed 8 new long term contracts with Agency spirit partners, lost only 1 contracto New field execution culture – increased effectiveness and tracking of the sales force, developed model store programo Restructured historical debt: reduction $500M through a Bondholder dealo Completed a $500M debt to equity swap in 2017 Show less

• Created a high impact Management team and performance culture through internal promotions, recruitment and dismissals. Staff chosen based on cultural fit, vision and technical skills. Increased staff engagement scores substantially. • In 3 years moved the business from -30M Euros profit to break even profit with only 15% volume loss, as per the directive of the management to become profitable • Brand equity increased substantially through higher impact marketing, clear ROI… Show more • Created a high impact Management team and performance culture through internal promotions, recruitment and dismissals. Staff chosen based on cultural fit, vision and technical skills. Increased staff engagement scores substantially. • In 3 years moved the business from -30M Euros profit to break even profit with only 15% volume loss, as per the directive of the management to become profitable • Brand equity increased substantially through higher impact marketing, clear ROI assessment, and more communication contacts with consumers. • Negotiated a new master distributor contract with a new partner (Megopolis) with 10% lower distributor margin, improved logistics commitments, distributor merchandising responsibility, market share commitments. This new contract immediately improved Red Bull profitability by over $10M. • Increased pricing by 20% in the last year to expand margins and ensure correct premium pricing positioning. • Applied principles of Revenue growth management to promotional spend, pack mix, channel mix to reduce discounts by more than 50% and drive up revenue per case. • Closed 8 domestic warehouses and set up direct delivery from Austria to the master distributor saving $1M cost and reducing working capital in Russia. • Reduced Operating expenses 3M Euros by reducing people, reducing offices, cutting entertainment and travel, limiting mobile phones, reducing cars. Staff were cut in half and productivity increased dramatically Show less

2006 Coca-Cola China – VP Commercial and Operations Director South/East • Long Term Business plans - Led the creation of a new China 5 year vision for Coca-Cola including greater investment, higher targets, more innovation. Reached investment alignment with the Coca-Cola China bottlers and had the plan approved the global CEO of Coca-Cola. Execution of the plan resulted in Coca-Cola accelerating share performance versus Pepsi. • Revenue Growth Management – started the process of… Show more 2006 Coca-Cola China – VP Commercial and Operations Director South/East • Long Term Business plans - Led the creation of a new China 5 year vision for Coca-Cola including greater investment, higher targets, more innovation. Reached investment alignment with the Coca-Cola China bottlers and had the plan approved the global CEO of Coca-Cola. Execution of the plan resulted in Coca-Cola accelerating share performance versus Pepsi. • Revenue Growth Management – started the process of defining clear brand, pack, price strategy to ensure successful competition and also profitable growth. 2001-2005 Coca-Cola Russia, Ukraine and Belarus – Region General Manager • Restructuring and new business plans – Coca-Cola Russia was not profitable and losing market share to deliver 3 years of profitable growth and share increases. • Long term plans and partnership - Created new streamlined partnership with Coca-Cola bottler, long term investment plan, long term business goals, joint investment model. Coca-Cola/Bottling partnership rated by CEO of Coke as most effective globally. • Core brand investment - Created a model market globally for Schweppes by new investment in the brand which delivered 50% growth each year for 3 years • Innovation - Accelerated non-carbonated investment by relaunching Bon Aqua water, launch Nestea, launching Burn energy drinks. Bon Aqua went from half the size of the No 1. water brand, to being the market leader in 3 years. • Acquisition of Multon – Co-leader with the bottler(Coca-Cola company leader) in the acquisition of Multon juice company. A $500M acquisition that has delivered post acquisition targets. 1999-2001 Coca-Cola Australia - Commercial Director/Marketing Director • Joint business plans – created joint business plans with Coca-Cola bottler specifying key growth drivers, required investment and innovation plans. Resulted in 3 years of profitable growth with increasing market share and accelerated growth rates Show less

2008 VP and Sales Director Wimm Bill Dann • Team leadership - Managed a team of 1600 direct and 3000 including indirect – reduced management and flattened structure, created new business indicators and measures. Total people costs reduced by more than 15%. • New processes - Set up new business processes and reporting for Forecasting, Discount measurement, Receivables reporting, Distribution measurement, New product launches, Stock losses and Daily Customer Service reports… Show more 2008 VP and Sales Director Wimm Bill Dann • Team leadership - Managed a team of 1600 direct and 3000 including indirect – reduced management and flattened structure, created new business indicators and measures. Total people costs reduced by more than 15%. • New processes - Set up new business processes and reporting for Forecasting, Discount measurement, Receivables reporting, Distribution measurement, New product launches, Stock losses and Daily Customer Service reports • Results – Delivered total growth of 20% in rubles, increasing W.B.D Foods sales by $350M in 2008 to over $2Billion. Accelerated the growth of the Wimm Bill Dann priority Baby Food and the NKA Beverage businesses resulting in market share growth. Delivered EBITDA growth of more than 20%, increasing EBITDA as a % of revenue versus 2007. Reduced overdue receivables as a % of revenue. 2006/2007 – Marketing and Innovation Director Wimm Bill Dann (for all Divisions) • Mission and Vision – lead the process for Wimm Bill Dann to create a 5 Year ‘Mission and Vision’ document • Structure - Built a high performance Marketing management team including 4 internal promotions and 4 external recruitments • Advertising - Developed a number of new advertising campaigns (more than 40 TV advertisements) including the highly successful first television campaign for Agusha baby food, and the highly successful new J7 juice advertising campaign. Instituted new advertising assessment systems including LINK pre-testing and post analysis tracking. • Innovation – Accelerated the Innovation pipeline of concepts for the next 3 years, launched one major new brand 2007 and one new Q1 2009, and launched more than 75 new SKUS • Media – Negotiated a new 3 year television contract of $250M plus. Later audit by an external agency showed that the contract delivered excellent value. Show less