EX-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PERNOD RICARD UKRAINE APPOINTED GENERAL DIRECTOR OF YEREVAN BRANDY FACTORY
ARKA
Jan 23, 2009
YEREVAN, January 23. /ARKA/. Ara Grigoryan, former Executive Director
of Pernod Ricard Ukraine is appointed General Director of Yerevan
Brandy Factory as of January 1 2009.
Inside the Pernod Ricard a system of 100% professionals is formed and
we have 100% confidence in them, Executive Director of Pernod Ricard
Eastern Europe Eric Lagord told journalists Thursday in introducing
the new general manager of Yerevan Brandy Factory.
Over the ten years when Grigoryan headed Pernod Ricard Ukraine he
created a good team and turned the Ukrainian company to one of the
most successful in Pernod Ricard system, he said.
Along with his high professional qualities he also has an Armenian
citizenship which will help him in his work, Lagord said.
Ex-general manager of Yerevan Brandy Factory Cedrik Retailleau is
appointed as Executive Director of Pernod Ricard Venezuela as of
January 1 2009. It is a progress for Retailleau as Venezuela is one
of the strategic markets on the American continent, he said.
Ara Grigoryan, in his turn, expressed gratitude for the confidence
and the opportunity to work in Armenia.
Pernod Ricard will be talking to you in Armenia now – it was worth
to return to Armenia even only for this, Grigoryan said.
Retailleau wished success to the new director of the factory and
expressed confidence that20it will continue recording achievements.
After having graduated from Yerevan Agricultural Institute Ara
Grigoryan started its professional activity in Yerevan Brandy Factory
in 1989 on various marketing and sales posts. In January 2001 he was
appointed as head of Pernod Ricard representative offices in Ukraine
and in Minsk. Grigoryan will carry out general director’s functions
in Yerevan Brandy Factory and Pernod Ricard Minsk simultaneously.
The Yerevan Brandy Factory was founded in 1887. The current factory
complex was put in operation in 1953. In June 1998 the factory joined
the Pernod Ricard group, an international corporation owning a number
of famous trademarks of alcoholic drinks and ranking the second in
the world in production and sales of alcoholic drinks. Pernod Ricard
purchased the Yerevan Brandy factory for $30mln at an international
tender.