BRUNO GILLIER

Chief Executive Officer - (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)

 

Mr. Bruno Gillier is the Chief Executive Officer of Gillier Water. Gillier Fiji Artesian Water was founded as a humanitarian response to the global water shortage crisis, exercising Bruno’s 45 years of experience in the food and beverage market.

Bruno’s stellar reputation has allowed him to grow an exceptional network of contacts around the globe. His network throughout the years have facilitated his branching out into international development, commodities and humanitarian concerns. Bruno created his commodities division in 2007 in response to his international clients’ requests for a reliable source of commodities such as gold bullion, and now consisting of fresh water resources. He uses part of the profits from these transactions to help fund his humanitarian projects.

Prior to this, Bruno was General Manager of Sales & Ambassador for a large beverage company and worked under the former Director of Pepsi Co. in China, Hong Kong & Australia. Bruno has close personal ties to the areas he supports. He was born in Tahiti and has lived and travelled extensively in Fiji, Europe, Dubai, Hong Kong, Brazil, South Korea, Australia, Thailand and the Philippines. His family opened and operated luxury hotels in Singapore (Le Meridien), Tahiti, New Caledonia, Luxembourg and France.

CHANTELLE GILLIER

Group of Companies Managing Director (Nadi, Fiji & Apia Samoa)

 

Chantelle Gillier has extensive experience in logistics, transportation, sales and marketing. As Project Coordinator with Johnstons Transport Industries in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Chantelle has been involved with container and intermodal logistics, dedicated and contract services, general and specialized transport, machinery handling and relocation, and warehousing and distribution.

Chantelle has worked closely with the operations manager, general manager, warehouse manager and accounting. Her first project was to bring the businesses policies, procedures, and the Work Health and Safety Management Systems up to date. She also has experience in liaison with insurance and workplace relations advisors. Her commitment to customer service resulted in recommending new services to offer clients after analysing customer feedback and needs.

Chantelle handled sales and marketing for the Pacific Palm Marina Resort project in 2006, she performed market and competitor analysis, extensive input on the master plan, marketing campaigns, developed product branding and awareness, budgets and timelines.
In the real estate field for nearly 10 years, Chantelle actively managed a rent roll of over 800 properties along with providing sales and marketing support. In the call centre field for over 4 years, Chantelle travelled internationally, training up to 3000 staff per centre, developing training materials and providing performance reports.

C. Patalis-Gillier

Chief Operations Officer - (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)

Mr. C. Patalis-Gillier specialises in international trade & development, with heavy focus on the foreign exchange market, trading classes such as precious commodities, blockchain digital currencies, bonds & securities.

C. operates in private asset management with primary on focus precious commodities such as Gold and Water resources, and many more asset classes. C. has prior experience in hospitality management, with prestige guest relations and operational excellence in luxury hotels, luxury residential complexes and premium customer support centers within Australia and Fiji.

Worldwide experience has led C. to live, work and operate extensively around the Middle East, Europe, Australia and Fiji, to holster a vast amount of knowledge in Global trade and relations in a number of financial divisions.

JOE GEHRKE

General Manager (Nadi, Fiji)

 

Joe Gehrke has extensive international blue-chip and start-up experience in sales, marketing and operations in the consumer products beverage arena. As CEO and Director of Greenstone Drinks Co., he co-founded the company and launched four beverage brands in multiple channels. He established process improvements in all business processes and contracted for manufacturing sites in three countries. He activated over 50 distributors and thousands of small retailers and provided ongoing brand management and consumer marketing campaigns.

Joe was a Product Manager for Nestle in London before co-founding Greenstone Drinks. He led the technical aspects for products and packaging and implemented the manufacturing strategy for Nescafe Coffee Mixes and Coffee-mate.

Joe served as Senior Project Leader at Kraft Foods UK in the area of new product development for Kenco and Maxwell House Coffee Mixes, concentrating in the R&D phase of technology development. He also served as technical liaison with New Zealand dairy factories while on the New Zealand Dairy Board.

Joe earned a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Technology at the University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand.

AGNES C. VILLAREY

Group Financial Accountant - (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)

 

Agnes C. Villarey has put her Bachelor’s Degree in Accountancy to good use, with over six years of banking experience in a Government Bank in the Philippines and over fifteen years handling General Accounts in the UAE.

Agnes’s responsibilities encompassed commercial and staff support duties in the manufacturing and trading industries.

Agnes is very experienced in the Financial Management arena, working on financial reports and management reports, and dealing with cash flows, annual budgets, fixed assets, cost report analysis as well as internal and external audit reports.

Agnes works on developing external relationships with Bankers, Auditors, Solicitors, Clients and Creditors in order to provide a total package solution.

Agnes is a team player and she has extensive leadership and organizational qualities which enable her to lead and manage a large number of personnel with the utmost Professionalism.

ZARIN KHAN

CFO-Chief Financial Officer- (Nadi, Fiji)

 

Zarin Khan has been a partner / owner at Aliz Pacific (Fiji) for over 36 years and is a director of PKF International, the global network of accountancy firms operating in 150 countries across five continents with over 440 offices.

Zarin provides business advisory services along with advice on company set up and restructuring, specializing in providing assistance to foreign companies wishing to set up business in Fiji and assisting with all government approvals.

Zarin has worked with Bruno Gillier since 2006 and was instrumental in providing guidance to set up Pacific Palm – Fiji and Gillier Water.

MOHAMMED EL SAYED

Sales Director - (Cairo, Egypt)

 

Mohammed is a Civil Engineer with 18 years experience in the general construction field, specializing in landscaping and theming works.

Mohamed is currently the General Manager of COST Middle East Contracting LLC, which is the Middle East branch of the US-based COST of Wisconsin, the leader in Design & Build theming projects with 50 years experience in the field.

Mohammed has extensive experience in the management of real estate development operations, specifically with unique waterfront projects in the UAE.

DR EVELYNE REYT

Local Sales Representative - (Geneva, Switzerland)

 

Dr Evelyne Reyt is a medical doctor, scientist, entrepreneur and a healthy ageing advocate with degrees in Medicine and in Science and Biology (faculté de médecine St Antoine Paris).

Dr Evelyne Reyt was Director of Spas & Institute of Better Living (Mieux Vivre) at the Evian Royal Resort part of the Danone French Group from February 2003 to September 2006.

Dr Evelyne Reyt grew up in France and is now based in Switzerland with offices in Vinzel near Geneva, Paris and Monaco.

Dr Evelyne Reyt will be handling all of Europe sales and enquiries.

JANICE PEARL D’ ZOUZA

Local Sales Representative - (Bangalore, India)

 

Janice Pearl d’ Souza is a corporate consultant with diverse experience in process migrations, leadership development, branding and marketing. In her 18 years of working in India, she consulted with clients globally and worked with brands such as Microsoft, General Motors, Abbott, Bank of America, Citrix, British American Tobacco, BASF, VFS Global, Wirtgen, Mars and several large Indian corporations.

Janice’s strength lies in relationship building and account management, and she strives for excellence in delivery and building trust. Janice’s passion is to invest in education for the future of learning in India.

TOMEO RDM-GRESSARD NAKAMURA

Local Sales Representative - (Tokyo, Japan)

 

With extensive contacts in the hospitality and real estate industries, Tomeo spent the last 25 years building up solid networks in The United Arab Emirates, Japan, South Korea, China and the Pacific Rim.

Tomeo founded ARABIA BUSINESS CLUB, a business and social club, under his Japanese institution Nakamura BS Ltd. and he deals with commodities, finance, art, real estate and high-end hospitality developments.

ALAA RAMADAN

Local Sales Representative - (Cairo Egypt and Africa)

 

Alaa ramadan’s varied experience has lead him to interface with many contacts in Egypt and Africa. He has experience in the Aviation with Emirates Airlines, Instructor, Team leader, and he is also a Private Pilot. Alaa has been awarded many times from Emirates Airlines for his Performance and for being a professional team leader, he was been chosen to be the Ambassador for many events.

Alaa has a fitness management Diploma from the UK, as long with a Business Development Diploma, Alla was a competitor in the body building, fitness and mixed sports like martial arts, swimming and lifesaving.

VIVIEN KREPP

Recruitment and Training Manager - (Nadi, Fiji)

 

Vivien developed and implemented training programs for multiple organizations in her 20 year career. She specializes in providing group training, eLearning and individual assessments.

Vivien champions the individual and works to inspire and motivate others while teaching how to work collaboratively within a team to achieve common goals.

Vivien holds various advanced certificates, including a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment from the Australian Institute of Industry & Training and an Advanced TESOL Diploma (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) from the Australasian Training Academy.

CRAIG SKARRATT

Logistics Manager - (Nadi, Fiji)

 

Craig has over 32 years of experience in the logistics, warehousing and the construction industry, including assisting on the construction of Bridge Climb on the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Craig brings both hands-on and managerial experience and will ensue that correct safety procedures are followed.

Craig holds an Advanced Certificate in Works Superintendence, as well as licenses and certificates in such practical areas as OHS Construction White Card, Senior First Aid Certificate, Forklift License, Pickers License, Confined Spaces Certificate, Asbestos Removal Certificate, and Traffic Controllers Certificate.