Leadership
Greg Seminara is the founder of Export Solutions and the creator of our proprietary database. Mr.Seminara is the publisher of Export Express, a newsletter for international export community. His 26 year career spans executive positions with Procter & Gamble, Clorox, and Acosta Sales, the largest food broker in the United States. Greg Seminara founded “The Leading Consumer Products Distributors of the World” group. The Leading Distributors of the World network featured “Best in Class” food/non-food distributors located throughout 35 countries in Europe & Latin America. Mr. Seminara published “Global Outlook”, a well known journal focused on international industry trends. Greg Seminara has assisted more than 100 cpg/fmcg companies expand their brands in the United States, Canada, Europe, Latin America, China, Mexico, & Middle East. Greg Seminara is a dual citizen of the USA & Europe, speaks Spanish, and is a member of the Travelers Century Club for visiting more than 100 countries
Gareth Davies serves as an expert advisor for Europe. Gareth worked for Campbell’s Soup as their United Kingdom sales and marketing manager. Later, he served as managing director for Unimerchants, a major United Kingdom Food Importer/ Distributor. Mr. Davies managed Acosta Europe, responsible for expanding Acosta’s presence throughout 16 core European countries. Gareth Davies was Prince’s/Mitsubishi’s managing director, responsible for their 225 million dollar European operation.
Randy Edler provides expertise in Mexico as well as other critical South American markets. Mr. Edler’s career includes business development assignments in Latin America for Kraft, PepsiCo, and Campbell’s Soup. He also served as Sargento Cheese’s Director of International Business Development. Mr. Edler possesses a M.B.A. in international marketing and is fluent in Spanish. Recently, Randy has enjoyed tremendous success in Mexico helping food clients enter Wal*Mart, Costco, and other leading Mexican retailers.
Jihad Shibaru aids our efforts in the Middle East and North Africa. He began his career with Union Carbide in the Middle East, selling Energizer batteries and Glad bags. Mr. Shibaru spent the majority of his career with Borden, serving as vice-president of international for many years. He is a true “globalist” with brand building experience in Europe, Asia, Latin America in addition to the Middle East and North Africa. He has lived all over the world including London, Singapore, Toronto, and Beirut. He speaks Arabic and is a valued advisor to Export Solutions.
