Javier Roza Manzano
Professor
Department of Business
IE University
Spain
Biography
Javier Roza has been, since 2008, Managing Director of Mantequerías Arias, the Spanish subsidiary of the French food group Bongrain. Arias is probably the oldest leading food company from Spain (1948), with well known cheese brands like Burgo de Arias, Angulo, Boffard and Caprice des Dieux, apart from its butter. He is also an advisor for the milk companies CAPSA and Forlactaria. He previously worked as the Food and Portugal Director for the soft drinks company Schweppes. He was in the Anglo-Dutch consumer goods company Unilever for 16 years as well, where his latest positions were VP Marketing Europe and Managing Director in Portugal (2004-2007). Previous experiences of Javier Roza have always been focused on marketing and sales, having started his career at Gillette, as product manager at Oral-B Laboratories. Associated Professor in Marketing at the IE since 2007, Javier Roza is also working on his Ph.D. in Marketing.actualmente realizando su tesis doctoral en Marketing.
Research Interest
Business
