Chris Oshea

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About Chris Oshea

A South African and Irish CEO and Director with extensive global FMCG & Beverages experience who has developed led and mentored several effective, collaborative and passionate teams with integrity, purpose, passion and insight. I am innovative and creative in my approach to solutions using my international, marketing, sales, leadership, route to market, financial, people and change management experience to consistently embrace business, brand and market development and problem solving to deliver results and business transformation with sound commercial acumen. With my multicultural director, board and B2B/JV management experience, I am driven by performance management and productivity improvement. My comprehensive innovation and IT project delivery, passion for brand equity and capability development, organization change management in matrix environments, multi-channel consumer focused activation excellence and delivering synergies across the value chain have been key to my success with start-ups and turnarounds and especially in emerging markets and consumer segments With over 40 countries brand building experience (traveled to +60), I have a sound understanding of cultural diversity and the commercial acumen to adapt my approach to build long term partnerships. I have a high degree of personal responsibility and accountability and making sure that the full value chain is working together particular in start-ups and turnaround situations and ensuring strategic issues are made practical for people who have to action them with confidence and motivation. My strongest asset is understanding the point of purchase/consumption and focusing resources behind this to ensure that execution delivers sustainable bottom line results. I believe passionately in making people the cornerstone on which a successful business is built and working across line responsibilities.