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Yahoo
02-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Lipton Teas and Infusions appoints new CEO
Lipton Teas and Infusions has picked Pierre Laubies as its new CEO. Laubies steps in to lead the tea and herbal-drinks group after being chairman of the company's supervisory board since 2022. He has also been interim CEO for the past six months, replacing Nathalie Roos who stepped down as chief executive in September. The company said it had decided to formalise Laubies' appointment as it saw "maintaining continuity" as "the best way forward". Roos had been hired in 2022 by Lipton's owners, CVC Capital Partners, in the wake of their acquisition of the business from Unilever. In a statement at the time of her departure, the Netherlands-based group said Roos had 'for personal reasons, in agreement with the board' decided to step down. Today's (2 April) statement to announce Laubies' appointment cited his "30 years of leadership experience" at companies including Mars and Campbell Soup Company. He has also previously worked as CEO of coffee group Jacobs Douwe Egberts and beauty company Coty, and also as a board member of French agri-food business Groupe Panzani. At the time of her departure, the Lipton tea maker said Roos had 'relaunched many of the company's key brands with some considerable success'. The group also pointed to the formation of a new 'global responsible sourcing partnership' with tea exporter Brown's Investments. In May, Lipton Teas and Infusions handed off its tea estates in Kenya, Rwanda, and Tanzania to Sri Lanka-based peer Browns Investment. The transaction included the Kericho plantation in Kenya that had been at the centre of historical violence and human-rights issues. Earlier this year, Lipton announced plans to invest zł60m ($14.7m) into its factory in the Katowice, southern Poland. The company is looking to grow demand for fruit and herbal teas, with drinkers interested in the reputed health benefits of the products. Lipton is known for its namesake brand, as well as Pukka, Tazo, T2 and Pukka teas. It manages eight packaging sites in four continents and has presence in more than 100 countries. "Lipton Teas and Infusions appoints new CEO" was originally created and published by Just Drinks, a GlobalData owned brand. The information on this site has been included in good faith for general informational purposes only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely, and we give no representation, warranty or guarantee, whether express or implied as to its accuracy or completeness. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our site. Sign in to access your portfolio
National Geographic
18-03-2025
- Entertainment
- National Geographic
Activist Pattie Gonia is on a mission to make the outdoors a more welcoming place
Wyn Wiley was raised in Lincoln, Nebraska, and often felt uncomfortable among the alpha males who ran summer camps. But today, Pattie, remains nostalgic for the state's natural wonders. 'There's nothing like a Midwest thunderstorm,' says Pattie. 'There's a lot of beauty we can see when we look up.' Getting kids to commune with nature is one of the reasons she joined the board of Brave Trails, a nonprofit that offers a summer camp and backpacking trips for queer youth. 'One of the biggest lessons the outdoors has taught me is to be where your feet are,' says Pattie. 'Very rarely are we where our feet are nowadays. We're in a thousand different places in our day.' Brave Trails recently purchased its 'forever home' in Santa Clarita, California, and according to Jake Young, the organization's director of communications and culture, that deal wouldn't have been possible without the visibility and corporate sponsorships that Pattie brought in, including significant commitments from the North Face and Tazo. Pattie's strength is creating a support system—whether it's for the campers at Brave Trails or for her 700,000 Instagram followers—and that, says Young, is essential work. 'Being an LGBTQ+ person in a time [when] there's so many anti-trans bills and so much negative media and propaganda coming out,' Young says, 'it's so beautiful to not just create resources for these youth, but to give them access to other people like them.' Pattie's activism has taken her to the White House and to Yosemite National Park, where for several years she has been helping organize pride celebrations for park employees. While Pattie often gets press attention for her outrageous looks, including for an enormous pair of wings she wore to an Audubon Society event, her environmental work is effective because it's personal. In 2023 she released a music video with celebrated cellist Yo-Yo Ma and Indigenous trans musician Quinn Christopherson shot in Kenai Fjords National Park, in Alaska, to bring awareness to the steadily retreating Exit Glacier. The place has deep meaning for the person behind the drag persona: It's where Wiley scattered his father's ashes after his death from cancer several years ago. Wiley reveals he had a 'complicated' relationship with his father, but memorializing him while on a kayaking trip in his dad's home state provided some closure. Perhaps in the same way, Pattie's advocacy work with Brave Trails can heal old wounds. On the day we talk, Pattie remains focused on the path ahead. 'Trying to take pain and turn it into something different,' she says. 'I think that's what queer people always try to do.' National Geographic magazine. A version of this story appears in the April 2025 issue ofmagazine.
BBC News
12-03-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
'With Isak in attack, there's no holding back'
BBC Radio Newcastle are entering the world of Makina those not familiar, it is a genre of music the North East has an affinity Tazo has made tunes about Newcastle United before and once again he is teaming up with BBC Radio Newcastle to "boost happiness", while conceding the style is "not for everyone".As for meeting Liverpool at Wembley, MC Tazo is confident although he thinks penalties may be a listen to his interview and his track by hitting play below or get it on BBC Radio Newcastle here.
