Molson Coors promotes chief commercial officer Frederic Landtmeters to MD of UK and Ireland
Brewing company Molson Coors has promoted its chief commercial officer for Europe, Frederic Landtmeters to managing director of UK and Ireland, succeeding Simon Cox who will take on the role of CEO Molson Coors Europe from 1 January 2015.
Landtmeters has held a number of senior leadership positions with Cadbury-Schweppes and ABInBev since joining the drinks industry in 1998, before his 2010 appointment to the role of chief marketing officer at StarBev, before it was acquired by Molson Coors in June 2012.
“Our UK and Ireland business accounts for a substantial portion of the revenue of Molson Coors Europe. Frederic’s extensive international experience, commercial capability and leadership breadth makes him especially well-suited for such an important role and we are confident he can build on our consistent strong performance improvement of the past two years,” noted Simon Cox, managing director, Molson Coors UK and Ireland.
Cox will succeed Mark Hunter who will take over the global reins of Molson Coors when current president and CEO Peter Swinburn retires at the end of the year.