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Appointment of Sales and Marketing Director
Appointment of Sales and Marketing Director.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 4011U OptiBiotix Health PLC 18 January 2017 \n\nOptiBiotix Health plc\n(\"OptiBiotix\" or the \"Company\")\n \nAppointment of Sales and Marketing Director\n \nOptiBiotix Health plc (AIM: OPTI), a life sciences business developing compounds to tackle obesity, high cholesterol, diabetes and skin care, announces the appointment of Christina Wood as Sales and Marketing Director. Christina will join the OptiBiotix Board subject to completion of the normal regulatory due diligence. \n \nChristina has over 20 years' sales experience within the food, nutrition, and nutraceuticals industry. As the owner and CEO of Confoco, a supplier of high quality food ingredients worldwide, Christina grew the business from £1m to £10m sales by obtaining strategic supplier status with multiple global corporates including Nestlé, Danone, and Heinz. During this time, she developed a network of agents and distributors across key international markets. Christina sold her company to Diana Naturals in 2013 which was subsequently acquired by Symrise AG for US$1.75 billion in 2014. She joined John Morley, a leading food industry supplier, in late 2014 where as Director of Sales and Marketing, she was responsible for key consumer accounts including Sainsbury's, Waitrose, M&S and Tesco.\n \nShe has been a finalist for Director of the Year for 'SME and International Trade' on two occasions and has been awarded the Nutricia Partners in Growth Award. Christina is fluent in German and Spanish.\n \nChristina has extensive experience in building and managing supply chain agreements across international markets with leading industry players, and has both business to business, and business to retail sales experience. Her sales and marketing experience within the food, nutrition, and nutraceuticals industry and network of global contacts will help grow revenues of OptiBiotix's products across multiple application areas and international markets.\n \nStephen O'Hara, CEO of OptiBiotix, commented: \"Christina's experience of building sales in her own business by developing relationships with food ingredient manufacturers and major retailers brings new elements of operational, commercial and industry expertise to OptiBiotix. H...