Excellence Awards Winners 2015

Excellence Awards Winners 2015
Following the tradition, the Excellence Award winners 2015 were announced during Barry Callebaut's yearly Managers' Conference end of September. They were handed over by the former company's CEO, Juergen Steinemann, and Chairman, Andreas Jacobs.
They congratulated personally to the following winners:

... for Customer Focus

Dave Mitchell
Dave Mitchell
VP FM Regional Accounts Americas
For winning new customers, for building a strong team and delivering on customer needs, leading to record volume and EBIT performance.

... for Passion

Stijn Vermeulen
Stijn Vermeulen
Corporate Director Master Data
For leading his team with passion so it is able to deliver against the changing expectations of the organization. He and his team go way beyond their core tasks.

Entrepreneurship

Nathalie Garrigue
Nathalie Garrigue
General Manager la Morella nuts
For speeding up the integration of la Morella nuts and for tripling the specialty business’ EBIT, allowing us to exceed the business plan.

... for Integrity

Andres Tschannen
Andres Tschannen
Country Manager, Cocoa Horizons/BioPartenaire, Côte d’Ivoire
For managing staff in remote locations with efficiency and compassion, generating a very high level of loyalty. For representing our company with farmers, customers, donors, NGOs and at government level. And for supporting innovations such as mobile phone banking or farmer medical health insurance.

... for Team Spirit

Chuan Lu Ong
Chuan Lu Ong
Manager Commercial & Risk Management Cocoa Asia Pacific
For never giving up even when the challenge looks enormous. For inspiring others to do the right things, for building trust and performing with the big picture in mind.