<p style="text-indent:0px; line-height:12px;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Vancouver, BC-</span><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">By ANUK Staff<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">12.10.12</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>Beginning in late October, the Oppenheimer Group’s Audrey Desnoyers took on her new role as the company's New National Business Development Manager. When Ms. Desnoyers first joined the produce industry, she was hired to drive a green VW Beetle around the Eastern U.S., as part of a team that introduced a new brand of kiwifruit.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><img src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacyWriterImages/hl121012oppybody.jpg" alt="images121012" /><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">In her new role, Ms. Desnoyers, will manage Oppy’s promotional approach for key items, and provide guidance to the company’s business development team, assuring its activities support the organization’s broader sales and marketing strategy, according to a press release.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">“Audrey’s passion for the business, aligned with her knowledgeable, creative, yet practical solutions for the retail community, have made her a top flight performer over many years,” said James Milne, Director of Marketing. Ms. Desnoyers has been a key touch point between Oppy and the top 50 U.S. retailers<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Ms. Desnoyers’ began her career began with Zespri International, as a leader and manager of the street team that launched the Zespri brand in 1998. With the company, she presented consumers with their first taste of gold kiwifruit a year later. She became an Oppy Business Development Representative covering the U.S. Midwest in 2000. In 2004, Ms. Desnoyers continued in the same capacity in the U.S. Northwest. Later in the role, she added Northern California to her region.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">“This is a great opportunity to work more closely with our sales directors to help move the business forward,” Ms. Desnoyers said. “It means a lot to me that I can continue taking care of the customers I’ve worked with over the years, while also contributing to our business in a new way.”<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Congratulations, Ms. Desnoyers, and good luck on all your Oppy endeavors!<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href="https://oppy.com/our-produce" target="_new"> Oppenheimer </a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
