Hobson Leavy is pleased to announce the appointment of Kevin Bowler as Chief Executive Officer for My Food Bag, after an extensive search process.
Kevin has an outstanding track record as a leader and innovator. Under his tenure as CEO of Tourism New Zealand the international visitor sector grew over 30 percent to be New Zealand’s biggest export earner, worth more than $13b annually and attracting over 3.6m overseas visitors each year. Most recently he served as Chief Executive Officer of Frucor Suntory.
Kevin has held CEO positions since 2007, most recently joining Frucor Suntory as CEO in 2016. He has extensive marketing and business leadership experience spanning fast moving consumer goods, technology and media brands. In 2009, Kevin was appointed CEO for Tourism New Zealand. Here Kevin transformed Tourism New Zealand to be a digitally led and integrated marketing communications business, which had a clear mission and values.
Kevin is qualified with a Bachelor of Management Studies from the University of Waikato.
Read more about the placement here: http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1805/S00512/kevin-bowler-named-my-food-bag-ceo.htm