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38. Mary (Meline) Gukasyan
Company: Kraft Heinz
Designation: Managing Director—MEA
Nationality: Russian
Global Headquarters: U.S.
Sector: Food and Beverages
Gukasyan joined Kraft Heinz as the general manager of CEE based in Moscow in 2016 and assumed her current position in June 2023. The company recently opened a new office in Jeddah and expanded its factory and investments in Cairo to make it an export hub. Gukasyan previously worked with Nestlé in Russia and is also a board member of NovaBev Group.