Bulgaria's Food Bank Names New Head of Board

Dejan Glescic, Director of Marketing and Communication at SG EkspresBank Bulgaria, has been named chairman of the Board at the Bulgarian Food Bank.

He will succeed Kraft Food Bulgaria CEO Antoine Collette, who has been appointed chief executive of the Kraft Foods unit in Turkey.

Two non profits, six companies related to the food industry and one IT company presented in April 2012 Bulgaria's first food bank, which they established with the goal to fight hunger and unnecessary food waste.

Founders, which provided monetary and material donations for the start up, included the Bulgarian Association of Meat Processors, Bella Bulgaria, Bio Bulgaria, Kraft Foods Bulgaria, Neterra, Piccadilly, Road Runner, Tandem-V, FORA - Community Development Foundation.

"Bulgarian Food Bank" has set itself the goal to quickly develop capacity and infrastructure so that donated food can start reaching out to greater numbers of people in the country.

It was established as a result of the work of the Bulgarian Foodbanking Planning Forum, an informal platform for consultation and planning with more than 40 governmental, business and civil organizations participating.