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Tetra Pak appoints Adolfo Orive as new CEO

Global processing and packaging firm Tetra Pak has a new CEO.
Adolfo Orive
Adolfo Orive

Adolfo Orive has been appointed by Tetra Laval Group Board as president and CEO of Tetra Pak effective 1 April 2019.

The appointment follows the decision by Dennis Jönsson to step down from his position after 14 years as president and CEO and 36 years with the company.

Orive, presently cluster VP North Central and South America, joined Tetra Pak in 1993.

Prior to his present position he has had several managerial positions in the Group, including MD of Colombia, Spain and Cluster VP North and Central Europe. He joined the Tetra Pak Global Leadership Team in 2014.

Orive, who is 55 years old, has a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering at Ibero-American University (IBERO), Mexico and a Master’s in Business Administration at Mexico Autonomous Institute of Technology (ITAM), Mexico.

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