Chris Brighton is the Vice President, Research, Development and Operations. He was appointed to his role in 2019, having originally joined the Group in 2015 as Director Manufacturing Integration and Engineering. Previously, he held a number of roles at Mondelēz International ranging from Research Engineer to Business Development and Engineering Director EU Coffee.
He holds a BA in Chemical Engineering from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
He was in Bulgaria on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the factory in Kostinbrod.
Mr. Brighton, how did the corona crisis affect Jacobs Douwe Egberts?
- During the crisis, the message was very clear - for us the most important thing was to ensure the safety of our employees, while not interrupting our business.
- In all "problem" areas we had to act quickly and decisively. There have definitely been cases where green coffee has been blocked at a border for days, and there have been examples of a finished product being held at the border. This was the case in Ukraine, for example. In the end, however, what we were able to do with the tremendous help of everyone in our supply chain (from the factories to the suppliers and retailers themselves) was coffee and tea to reach consumers regularly and be on store shelves.
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