London, United Kingdom - September 8, 2015, London, United Kingdom - SABMiller appointed Philip Hodges to the newly-created role of group director, integrated supply and as a member of the group’s executive committee, effective December 1, 2015.
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Mr. Hodges was most recently Senior Vice President Supply Chain Europe at Mondelez Europe, where he was responsible for procurement, manufacturing, engineering, quality, and safety across the company’s largest region.
He joined Mondelez International (formerly Kraft) in 1991 and during this time he held a number of leadership roles in international supply chain, finance and strategy, customer service, and logistics across Europe, Latin America and Asia. He was appointed to his current role in 2011, having previously been Vice President of Integrated Supply Chain Coffee Europe.
Before joining Mondelez International, he worked in securities and foreign exchange at Citibank. He succeeds Tony van Kralingen whose role as Director of Integrated Supply and Human Resources is being split into two new positions on SABMiller’s Executive Committee.
Last month Johann Nel was appointed Group Human Resources Director with effect from 14 September 2015.
After retiring from SABMiller in 2008, Mr. Nel continued consulting and lecturing in the areas of human resources, change management, global strategy and leadership in collaboration with a wide variety of organisations and academic institutions. He has also been engaged in senior executive mentoring and development coaching.
He originally joined The South African Breweries Limited (SAB Ltd) in 1997 and served as its Human Resources Director from 1998 to 2002. In 2002 he was appointed Group Human Resources Director.
Prior to joining SABMiller, Mr. Nel owned a consulting organisation, and had worked with SAB Ltd on various major strategy, organisational development and human resources projects since 1988.
He has co-authored a book on managing productive change in organisations and was involved in initiatives to encourage business involvement in the democratisation of South Africa in the 1980s and 1990s. ■