People on the move February 2015
Petainer reveals 3 appointments
Petainer has announced several team appointments for 2015 to expand its commercial and development expertise.
Paul Box, formerly of Polair and IMI, joins as sales director for special projects and brings experience from the dispensing, brewing and pub sectors.
His experience in the beverage industry includes global brands, and his commercial understanding of delivering outcomes will maximise opportunities for brand owners.
Box said: “I am excited to be joining such a gamechanging company and I’m looking forward to bringing my sales and marketing experience to the table as a proven implementer of major international product roll-outs.”
Andres Jensen, previously a distributor of Petainer at Jenrey in Ontario, joins as regional sales director for the Canadian market.
He brings customer service skills and international client experience including conversion of steel kegs to PET as well as providing packaging to craft brewers.
Jensen said: “Care, time-honoured methodology, and putting the customers’ needs first, allowed [Jenrey] to be successful. I see this ethos reflected equally in Petainer and its goal to consistently deliver innovation that leads to sustainable growth.”
Erin Corstanje, joins as group director new product development from Reckitt Benckiser, where she previously led projects in healthcare and homecare.
Her expertise in product innovation and research and development, will enhance Petainer’s capability and move it forward in new directions.
Corstanje said: "For the future, we’re looking at continued NPD that ultimately anticipate our customer’s business outcomes, building on new innovations such as petainerCooler, petainerJar and petainerKeg Linestar, the PET solution to fit existing filling lines.”
Annemieke Hartman-Jemmett, group commercial strategy director, said: “These new appointments reinforce just how well positioned we are to understand our customers’ needs and create solutions that work – because it’s what we achieve with our customers that makes us stand out from the competition.”
