Management Team

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Ms. Oksana Staniszewska is a graduate of two universities: Kyiv National Linguistics University, faculty of Germanic languages and Ternopol Academy of Economics, faculty of bookkeeping and auditing. Her education was continued during post graduate studies in neurolinguistics, Open Central European University in Budapest, Teacher Fellowship Program at University College London and HR Director Program at Cornell University in New York.

Ms. Staniszewska started her career at AmRest in 2006 as Assistant Manager for multibrand restaurant, PH and KFC. In next years she played various roles in the organization: General Manager of Pizza Hut restaurant, Training Manger, Education Manager, Training and Career Development Director. In August 2012 Ms. Staniszewska took up a role of HR Director in the Russian market. Soon afterward she became Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Operational Officer (also in Russia division). Currently Ms. Staniszewska plays the role of Chief People Officer, leveraging people potential and developing leadership capability of AmRest.

Ms. Staniszewska is MBTI (Myers Briggs Type Indicator) practitioner and ICC (International Coaching Community) coach. Her track record of HR consultancy and executive coaching expands to: Google, Motorola, GE Healthcare, Pegasystem, Invensys, Avon, Dealogic, Societe Generale Group.

Eduardo Zamarripa serves as CFO for AmRest Holdings and brings more than 15 years’ experience in areas such as Finance, Strategy and Corporate Governance. Previously Mr. Zamarripa was CFO of Grupo Finaccess, Chief Strategy Officer for Conservas La Costeña, where he was a member of the Executive Committee. He also held several positions at Grupo Modelo in the Strategy, Finance and Investor Relations divisions. Prior to his 11-year stint at Grupo Modelo, Mr. Zamarripa was a consultant at Deloitte and an Auditor at KPMG.

Mr. Zamarripa is a Certified Public Accountant from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) and completed an MBA at the Instituto Panamericano en Alta Dirección de Empresas (IPADE) in Mexico as well as an Executive Program at Wharton University.

Since 2005 Mr. Zamarripa has continuously held a teaching position in the Master’s in Finance Program at the Universidad Anahuac México.

Mrs Malena Pato-Castel graduated in Business Administration Degree (ICADE E2) with post graduate Marketing studies. She started her professional career 30 years ago.
Long experience in different local and multinational companies and diverse environments endorsed her adaptability to different business management styles and cultures.
She has worked in Fast Moving Consumer Goods and Hospitality industry in leading companies such as Hachette, Unilever, Yum! and AmRest. She held responsibility for different cultural settings such as Israel, Turkey, Spain and Portugal, and different business areas: Marketing, Sales, Human Resources, General Management.

She was a Board member of the company which operated Pizza Hut and KFC brands in Spain, member of KFC Brand Council of Europe and worked as industry representative for different National Environmental projects.

Co-Founder and Managing Director of Kenchic (latter Restauravia) – the company that in 2004 owned 14 KFC restaurants and till 2010 expanded to close to 100 units through organic growth and the acquisition of La Tagliatella.
Following the acquisition of Restauravia by AmRest in 2011 she was appointed as Division President, and latter Owned Brands (La Tagliatella and Blue Frog) President.