Claudio Farrugia has been named general manager of Quintano Foods, the Simonds Farsons Cisk subsidiary.

Mr Farrugia, an MBA graduate from Henley Management College, has held senior management positions and has been involved in various change management initiatives in several organisations.

He started his career with Marsovin as a brand manager and later occupied the post of managing director of an import and distribution company of a fast moving consumer goods company within the Magro Brothers Group. In 1992, he joined VJ Salomone Marketing Limited and occupied the post of general manager responsible for the Procter & Gamble business in Malta.

In 2009, he joined Enemalta for a brief period as a business and strategy manager and in 2010 he was appointed chief executive officer of the Employment and Training Corporation.