Charles Duque
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Charles Duque is currently Managing Director, Americas for CNIEL based in New York, NY.\\xa0 He also oversees the French Cheese Board, a retail and event space for promoting French cheeses in New York City.
For over two years, Charles\\u2019 main objective is to serve as the point of contact for the French cheese companies in the American continent and inform them of actions to promote their products as well as working with implementing agencies executing information provision and promotion measures in the USA and Brazil.
Previously, Charles worked for Savencia Fromage & Dairy, which is among the world\\u2019s leading milk processors, the No. 2 cheese group in France and the No. 5 worldwide, where he implemented a retail concept with US based supermarket chains to support quality cheeses.
Charles\\u2019 previous experiences took him to San Francisco to open the US subsidiary of Richart Chocolates and as the Director of the AgroTech sector of BusinessFrance: The French Trade Office helped over 300 French companies enter the U.S. market to do business.
Charles is a member of The Order of Agricultural Merit; an order bestowed by the French Republic for outstanding contribution to agriculture and an inductee in the International Cheese Guild.\\xa0 Charles is fluent in four languages especially in cheese!
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