LONDON, UK – Cosimo Libardo is the new President of the Specialty Coffee Association of Europe (SCAE), following the SCAE board election.
Libardo is currently serving as Sales and Marketing Director at Nuova Simonelli and has over 17 years of experience in the coffee industry.
He will Drewry Pearson, Managing Director of Marco Beverage Systems, following the SCAE Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 11 June.
The new SCAE Board 2014/2015 is as follows:
They are joined by the following directors who were elected following a members vote:
The new board will take over at the SCAE AGM (Annual General Meeting) on the 11th June 2014, to be held at Rimini Fiera, to which all members are invited.
SCAE wishes to offer its thanks and appreciation to the outgoing directors, Nils Erichsen, Marc Kaeppeli, Lina Chiodo, Grant Rattray, Gwilym Davies and Jens Nørgaard, all of which have contributed to the achievements that have taken place within the association of the past few years.