ZURICH, Switzerland, May 6, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Gate Gourmet is pleased to announce that Guy Dubois will join Gate Gourmet International as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President on July 1, 2003. After he graduated from business school, Guy Dubois relocated to Sweden and worked for IBM. In 1998, he joined the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland. Since 1994 Guy Dubois was employed by Hoffmann-LaRoche, where he worked in various international positions in the field of finance. He started in Corporate Finance in Switzerland and then joined Roche Vitamins Asia Pacific Pte Ltd., Singapore as Area Manager Finance & Administration.
In January 2000 he became Vice President Finance, Administration, Demand & Supply Chain in Roche Vitamins Inc., New Jersey. In this function he was responsible for the entire finance, accounting, treasury and administrative process, including IT and the demand & supply chain.
Guy Dubois is a Belgian citizen, studied at Limburg Business School in Diepenbeek/Belgium and holds a university degree in Financial Science and Accountancy.
Gate Gourmet is a world leader in airline catering. Its turnover in 2001 amounted to CHF 3.2 billion. With the world's most important airlines among its customers, Gate Gourmet produces over 208 million meals per year and employs a staff of about 25'000 in its 140 flight kitchens globally. With its headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, the international enterprise is located in 31 countries on all continents and comprises also e-gatematrix, Gatesafe and FiveOceans Inflight.
The press release can be downloaded from the following link: http://reports.huginonline.com/902066/117143.pdf