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Toni Brendish

Former CEO of Westland Milk Products

Jul 6, 2026

5:28
What were some of the highlights and why?
5:33
Right, so there were many highlights and it's interesting how some of those challenges at the time don't feel like highlights but you look back on them and they turn out to be that way.
5:44
I think one of the things that I really enjoyed about working at Danone was the social mission.
5:51
So, you know, to do good whilst you're making products, whilst you're making profit.
5:58
And I think that's where the sort of values for me personally were were aligned with the organization.
6:05
And I found that much easier to deal with than in other companies that I'd sort of had experience with.
6:14
And having those values, the intrinsic values that I could then apply in the different businesses that I worked with.
10:34
So what was the hardest part of shifting really what is a cooperative culture and moving it also from a record loss-making year to a successful sale to a Chinese company?

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