Italian Confectionery Company- Ferrero Group has elevated Hamid Touil from the role of Head of Sales and COO at Ferrero India to that of Region Head- India Sub Continent.
He assumed the role in the last week of September and will be responsible for handling regions like Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Maldives and Nepal for the company going forward.
Touil has been associated with Ferrero Group for more than two decades now. He joined them as Marketing Development Product Representative in July 2004 and was elevated to the role of Key Account Manager in June 2006.
After serving the same role for about two-and-a-half years, he went on to take the mantle at the parent company of brands like Tic Tac, Nutella, Ferrero Rocher, Kinder Joy, etc. as National Account Manager at Ferrero in January 2009.
That being said, it was in the same year of his joining that Ferrero Group expanded its footprint to India.