Aviad Meitar

Aviad Meitar (born 1959) is the Chairman of Quadrant European Beverages Limited, the Pepsi bottler for Bulgaria. He served as Chairman of Quadrant Amorq Bottling Company Limited (QABCL), the exclusive PepsiCo licensee for Romania and Moldova, until its successful sale to PepsiAmericas, the second largest PepsiCo bottler in the world, in July 2006.[1][2][3][4]

Meitar set up QABCL's operation (Pepsi venture) in Romania in 1991 and has had oversight managerial responsibility for the company's operations since.[5][6][7]

He has been a senior executive with Quadrant Management, the New York City-based management arm of a private investment fund, for close to 18 years. Prior to setting up QABCL he was responsible for other investments of the fund, and for the review of acquisition candidates.[8]

  1. ^ "'An Unimaginable Journey', de Aviad Meitar sau drumul spre succes a unei companii multinaţionale", Capital, March 10, 2010 (English)
  2. ^ "Newsweek", Volume 121, Newsweek Inc., 1993, Pg. 96
  3. ^ "Business international", Volume 39, Business International Corp., 1981, Pg. 403
  4. ^ "Aviad Meitar on Refreshing Romania with Pepsi" Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine Podcast, American Management Association, May 28, 2010
  5. ^ "Istoria lansării Pepsi în România, în anii ´90, povestită de Aviad Meitar", Obiectiv de Suceava, March 12, 2010 (English)
  6. ^ Apetrei, Alina, "Interview: The story of Pepsi Romania", Wall-Street.ro, March 15, 2010
  7. ^ Fromm, Jeff, "Favorite Quoted Quotes from ‘An Unimaginable Journey’" Archived 2010-03-25 at the Wayback Machine, Business Law Strategy, February 20, 2010
  8. ^ "Sfatul fondatorului Pepsi pentru antreprenorii romani: vindeti afacerea inainte de a ajunge la varf", Ziarul Financiar, March 10, 2010 (English)