(Business in Cameroon) - The world leader in dairy products has just propelled Cameroonian Ferdinand Mouko to the post of Country Manager for Cote d’Ivoire. A graduate of the Ecole supérieure des sciences économiques et commerciales (Essec) in Douala, Mr. Mouko will be directing Danone’s largest subsidiary in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Before this appointment, Ferdinand Mouko was Danone Country Manager for Cameroon, his home country, where he held this post starting in 2010. Before joining the Danone group, the holder of an MBA with concentrations in business, management, marketing and related support services worked for over three years as a Brand Manager for Nescafé for Central and West Africa.

Between 2008 and 2010, he was Sales Director and Tropical Cluster Expert with Nestlé Cameroon before rising to the position of Country Manager for the local subsidiary of the global dairy giant.