Céline Levointurier succeeds Barbara Bajorat

Céline Levointurier has taken the helm at Mars Pet Nutrition in Germany. She will be responsible in this role for the strategic and operational management of the company's German pet food segment. Levointurier succeeds Barbara Bajorat, who has moved up to global level in the company as global chief customer officer. Under her stewardship, Mars Pet Nutrition Germany reportedly experienced record growth and gained market share in the key product categories.Levointurier was most recently general manager at Danone Early Life Nutrition with successive responsibility for Ukraine, Belgium and the Benelux countries. Up to 2009, the French national was managing financial director at Milupa, whose parent company Royal Numico was bought up by Danone in 2007. Her career began in Germany at Procter & Gamble in the Gillette Group.