date:Jun 25, 2014
Family-owned Suntory Holdings Ltd will appoint its first outsider president, two sources familiar with the matter said, as the century-old Japanese drinks maker accelerates plans to transform itself from local champion to global giant.
Takeshi Niinami, chairman of convenience store operator Lawson Inc, will become president of the Osaka-based company on Oct. 1, the sources said on Tuesday. The appointment comes as Suntory beds in the $16 billion acquisition of Beam Inc, owner of Jim Beam bourbo