Anouk Aansorgh has been named Head of Category & Customer Marketing ITR for Mars Wrigley Confectionery NL/ITR (Netherlands/International Travel Retail).
This new position set up to accelerate the company’s treats and snacking category growth agenda follows the decision to merge the divisions earlier this year.
Aansorgh, who reports directly to Global Commercial Director Raghav Rekhi, has been with Mars Wrigley Confectionery for five years. She was previously Portfolio Director responsible for Bitesize and Seasons in the Netherlands domestic market in NL.
Aansorgh has a strong background in brand & portfolio management within domestic markets and has wide-ranging experience in both retail and supplier roles at Pepsico and the biggest Dutch retailer Albert Heijn.
Mars Wrigley Confectionery NL/ITR will set out its strategy for 2022 at the approaching TFWA World Exhibition this month.
“TFWA WE will be my first physical event in this industry, and I am very much looking forward to meeting both our retail partners and key players within this incredible business sector,” says Anouk.
“It has been an incredibly challenging time for all of us over the past 20 months, but we are now seeing the green shoots of recovery and I am delighted to be part of the team that will drive category recovery in 2022.
“Mars Wrigley remains committed to the philosophy of ‘Better Moments make the world smile’ and my role will be pivotal to interpreting that within the travel retail sector, through understanding the traveller and unlocking conversion.”
Rekhi added: “I’m delighted to welcome Anouk to the growing travel retail department here at Mars Wrigley. We now have an incredibly strong management team and together we are 100% committed to becoming the number one contributor to driving category growth as we move forward from Covid-19. “