Lenta Ltd, BVI-registered company owning one of the largest retail chains in Russia, announced the appointment of the new Chief Financial Officer, upon completion of the notice period but no later than 31 March 2019. Rud Pedersen, who is currently CFO of Carlsberg Eastern Europe, will join Lenta to replace Jago Lemmens who resigned for family reasons.
Rud graduated from Aarhus School of Business in Denmark with the Master of Science degree in International Business Administration & Commercial Law and has an EMBA from London Business School (UK). Over the last 25 years he held a number of senior management positions in a diverse range of businesses, including FMCG, fashion and apparel retail, pharma. He has had experience in regional and group level roles, including Cadbury (Russia), Astrazeneca (Belgium), Levi Strauss (Belgium) and IC Group (Denmark). He started his career with Deloitte.