Management Team

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Mr. Olgierd Danielewicz is a graduate of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan (Master degree in Management and Marketing) and Academy of Economics in Wroclaw (postgraduated studies and MBA).

He joined AmRest (ARS) as a student in 1998, taking up the function of Assistant Manager of soon to be opened KFC restaurant. Afterward he held the position of General Manager, Area Trainer (responsible for training in both KFC and Pizza Hut in Western Poland), Area Coach of KFC South 1 region and District Coach (taking over responsibility for few regions of KFC operation).

In 2007 Mr. Danielewicz was given a challenge of relaunch of Burger King in Poland. The opening of Burger King Złote Tarasy has been recorded as one of the best Burger King openings ever.  Next step in his career was the coming back to his home brand and taking over the Brand President position for KFC, initially in Central Europe division, currently in all markets of AmRest operation. He is responsible for development, monitoring of financial performance and image of the KFC brand.

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.

Adam Mularuk is a graduate of Florida International University, faculty of Hospitality Management and an MBA studies at the University of Minnesota and Szkoła Główna Handlowa in Warsaw.

In 1992-2000 he worked for IKEA Poland, where he developed professionally from restaurant manager to Food Service Manager CEE, and then IKEA store manager. In 2001 he founded Decorador company with the help of investment funds, where he was the Chairman of the Board. In 2004 he was appointed Director of the IKEA store in Barcelona, then Madrid. After five years he returned to Poland to support IKEA Poland as a Sales Director.

He joined AmRest in 2012 as President of Burger King. In September 2014, he became President of Starbucks. During this period, he expanded the reach of the Starbucks brand from three countries to eight, adding Romania, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Germany and Serbia to Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary. In October 2019, he was appointed Chief Franchise Brands Officer for KFC, Pizza Hut, Burger King and Starbucks.

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.