Jacek Pastuszka taking over as CEO of Baltika Breweries
Carlsberg Group announces that Dr Isaac Sheps, CEO of Baltika Breweries and Senior Vice President for Carlsberg Group’s Eastern Europe Region, has decided to step down from Carlsberg’s Executive Committee. He is succeeded by Jacek Pastuszka, currently CEO of Ringnes, Norway. The changes will take effect from January 1, 2015. In December Dr Sheps will be handing over the business and during 2015 he will continue working in the Carlsberg Group as Senior Executive Advisor to the Carlsberg Group’s CEO and ExCom.
Jacek Pastuszka (51) has been CEO of Ringnes Norway, part of the Carlsberg Group, since November 2011, the position he was appointed to after serving for three years as CEO in Carlsberg’s subsidiary in Poland. Before joining Carlsberg, he worked at various companies such as American International Group (AIG), Danone Dairy and Procter & Gamble in Poland and Baltic countries, holding various management and commercial positions, and on Wal*Mart Customer Team in the USA and leading P&G’s business with Tesco in Central European and Asian markets.
Jacek has graduated from the Academy of Economics in Katowice, Poland, with a Master’s degree in Foreign Trade. He has also undergone numerous functional and general management trainings, primarily at Procter & Gamble and AIG. Jacek is married, with two grown-up kids.
