Rolf-D. Burckhardt 30 Rosewood Crescent Harrogate, HG1 4 NL North Yorkshire England
Tel./Fax.: 01423-819 868
Mobile: 07949-125 845
Voice Mail: 07092-08 23 10
Fax Mail: 07092-17 12 85
Email: rburckhard@aol.com
RDB1354@http://hotmail.com
Friday, 23 December 2005
Curriculum Vitae
Date of Birth: 1. March 1954
Place of Birth: Buederich nr. Duesseldorf, Germany
Nationality: German
Languages: English and German fluently
Family Status: not married, living with Liberian partner. 3 boys, 17 years, 20 years and 22 years of age, attending Queen Ethelburga’s College, York, England, St. Peter’s University, Oxford, England and University of Teesside, Middlesbrough, England
Institutions attended:
Fachhochschule Rosenheim (University) 1974-1979
Studying Business Administration
Qualification Obtained:
Master Degree in Business Administration 1979
(Diplom Betriebswirt)
Specialised in Cost Control and Marketing
Career:
Producers Grain Corporation, Amarillo, Texas, USA,
Trainee in Marketing, Commodity Trading 1975-1976
Zen Noh (Japan), New York, N.Y., USA,
Trainee Commodity Trading, Export USA - Japan 1976
Page Feeds LTD, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, England
Marketing/Sales and later in charge of the mill in
Northallerton, North Yorkshire, England 1980-1981
KOFU Tiernahrung Kottmann GmbH, Neuss, Germany 1981-1995
Head of Cost Control 1981
Assistant Director, Cost Control and Production 1982
Managing Director 1984-1995
Director Wagg Foods LTD, Topcliffe nr. Thirsk,
North Yorkshire, England
A pet food business set up by myself with a partner in 1990 1995-1998
IBN Group of Companies, Switzerland 1.1998 - 3.2004
The following positions were held:
Deputy General Manager, Bendel Feed & Flour Mills
(BFFM), Ewu, Edo State, Nigeria
In charge of the entire operation. 1.1998 - 9.2001
The company is engaged in feed and flour milling
With a nationwide distribution network and employs
over 600 staff
Managing Director, Lister Flour Mills, Ibadan,
Oyo State, Nigeria 10.2001-12.2002
Lister is a flour mill with a nationwide distribution
network and employs over 400 staff
Managing Director Gafco LTD, Tema, Ghana 1.2003 - 3.2004
Annual t/o of approx. 60mio and over 900 staff,
engaged in Feed-,Flour milling and Tuna Canning
Interim Business Manager PFC LTD, Tema, Ghana 4.2004 - 12.2004
In charge of the entire operation including all Sales
to African Markets.
Main objective was to restructure the Management Team
PFC is a Tuna canning plant with over 1800 employees
and is 100% owned by Heinz, USA.
Managing Director Dry Food Processing LTD, Accra. 1.2005 - 12.2005
The company is part of the CCTC Group of Companies
owned and managed by 2 Lebanese families.
The group is mainly engaged in various Trading Activities
comprising of 16 different companies throughout West Africa.
The main objective was to build the first Pasta factory in
Ghana with a capacity of 60 tons pasta/daily.
The project started from a green field site and was
completed by end of October 2005. Since beginning of
December 2005 the factory is running on a 3 shift basis.
Some of the duties included supervising the construction and
completion of the factory. Develop and implement a business
plan for the next 5 years, recruiting all staff including expatriate
staff, organise the operation. Develop export markets in
West Africa (Togo, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Senegal).
The current contract expires by the end of December 2005 and I am looking now for a new demanding position in manufacturing in the food industry preferably in West Africa
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