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Jacek Pastuszka has been appointed CEO of Carlsberg Polska with effect from 9 January 2009.

He replaces Marcin Pirog, who has decided to set up his own company after eight years as CEO of Carlsberg’s subsidiary in Poland.

Jacek Pastuszka began his business career at Procter & Gamble (P&G) in 1991 when the global company had just entered the Polish market.

In 1996, he took a managerial job in the USA with P&G where he worked for Wal-Mart. He was made head of a P&G team developing the Tesco business in Central and Eastern Europe and Asia markets in 1999.

Two years later, Pastuszka became Danone Trade Manager for Poland, where he managed sales and distribution within all sales channels. In time, his responsibilities were extended to include the Baltic States.

Today Pastuszka is CEO of insurance company Amplico AIG Life.