Wedel to lay off Ziobrowski

The Polish legendary tycoon Wedel, dealing in chocolate products and existing on the Polish confectionary market since 1851, has made redundant his last Polish board of directors member, the chief managing director Witold Ziobrowski, Puls Biznesu reported Wednesday. Ziobrowski was the only Pole among Japanese members of the board since the company’s ownership transformation. He has been superseded by the current Wedel deputy CEO, Ippei Sakaguchi. Japanese takeover guaranteed better financial results and now the company is oriented for becoming, once again, No. 1 chocolate business on the market. Wedel, a former Kraft Foods (currently Mondelez) subsidiary, was taken over by Japanese Lotto in 2010 and since then aims to conquer different chocolate markets, including the US market. Ippei Sakaguchi will be a temporary chief managing officer, the company announced.