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Ziwi Appoints Neil Ratcliff GM, Sales & Marketing

Published

6 years ago

April 2, 2018

PETS+ Staff

(PRESS RELEASE) Overland Park, KS – Neil Ratcliff has joined Ziwi as General Manager of Sales & Marketing – Europe & Middle East. His role with the New Zealand-based pet food company will include the assessment and development of European and Middle Eastern markets through distributor business plans, customer relationships and routes to market.

Ratcliff brings to the position considerable experience in the development and execution of strategies for export business, as well as more than 25 years of expertise in Sales, Customer Marketing and Category Management of fast-moving consumer goods.

In his former role as Sales Director – Europe, Middle East, and Africa for MPM, a Manchester, England manufacturer of household and personal care products, Neil was instrumental in leading the growth in sales of their natural pet food brands in the UK pet food trade.

Neil will be based in Cheshire, United Kingdom.

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