Max Dreussi

CEO Convenience Segment (fredag, Pastinella, Le Patron, Biotta, Gesa) & Member Executive Management at Orior AG

Max Dreussi earned a dual Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Bern and the University of Rochester/Simon Business School (NY) and then continued his education after graduating, consolidating and expanding his leadership skills by completing the Programme for Executive Development (PED) at IMD in Lausanne, for example. He began his professional career as assistant to the managing director at Hosta, a chocolate and confectionery manufacturer in Neuhausen. In 1995, Mr Dreussi joined Frisco-Findus, where he held various positions in marketing and sales for almost ten years before being sent by Nestlé to Brussels, where he was responsible for various Europe-wide launches in different countries while working for Nestlé Frozen Food Europe. He then took on the role of Sales and Marketing Manager for Retail and Out-of-Home for Mövenpick Premium Ice Cream before leading the Nestlé Food Service Division in Rorschach for around four years, after which he was promoted to Country Business Executive Manager for Nestlé Professional Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia, based in both Rorschach and Vienna. In 2014, Mr Dreussi assumed overall responsibility as managing director for the frozen baked goods producer Kern & Sammet AG in Wädenswil. From April 2017 until the end of 2022, he has served as CEO of ORIOR’s Fredag competence centre and, as part of this role, has been a member of the ORIOR Group’s Extended Executive Committee since January 2019. In August 2021, the Board of Directors of ORIOR AG appointed Mr Dreussi as CEO of the entire Convenience segment, which comprises the Fredag, Le Patron, Pastinella and Biotta business units, and made him a member of the Executive Committee.

Location

Heiden, Switzerland

Links

Previous companies


Org chart

No direct reports

Teams

This person is not in any teams


Offices


Orior AG

Orior AG is a Switzerland-based company that offers convenience foods for the retail and the catering trades. The Company operates in three segments: ORIOR Refinement, which produces traditional products such as Bundnerfleisch, cured and cooked ham, salami and Mostbrockli, which are sold in the food retailing, restaurant and food service sectors; ORIOR Convenience, which is focused on fresh convenience products, such as ready-made dishes, pates and terrines, fresh pasta, vegetarian products and ready-to-cook poultry and meat products, as well as seafood, ORIOR Corporate, Export and Logistics, which is responsible for the small-scale distribution of fresh and chilled products throughout Switzerland, as well as the export and marketing of the Company's products under their respective brands, primarily in neighboring countries belonging to the European Union.


Industries

Employees

1,001-5,000

Links