John Derkach (born 3 December 1956) is a British hospitality businessman, who oversaw the expansion of Costa Coffee.
Early life
He attended Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Penrith. He studied History at Downing College, Cambridge.
Career
P&G
He joined P&G in 1978 as a graduate trainee.
Playtex UK
He joined Playtex UK in 1983.
Pepsi
He worked in the UK division of PepsiCo from 1985, becoming marketing director for Northern Europe, moving to the Spain and Portugal division as its marketing director, living in Madrid for four years.
Whitbread Beer Company
From 1994 he was the marketing director for the Whitbread Beer Company (now owned by AB InBev), being responsible for Stella Artois, Heineken, Labatt, and Boddingtons. The marketing slogan for Heineken in the UK for twenty four years was Heineken refreshes the parts other beers cannot reach, developed by Collett Dickenson Pearce in 1974, which he changed to How refreshing, how Heineken.
Beefeater
From 27 October 1998, he became managing director of Beefeater, replacing Simon Wood, who had been at Beefeater since 1993. Beefeater had 253 restaurants in the UK, having sold 40 restaurants in May 1998 to Crowded House Pub Company.
Pizza Hut
He became chief executive of Pizza Hut UK on 8 August 2002, replacing Mark Jones.
Costa Coffee
He became managing director of Costa Coffee in June 2006. Costa Coffee opened their first store in 1978.
By December 2009, Costa Coffee had 1,030 stores in the UK, and 429 stores overseas. Costa Coffee sold two cups of coffee every second.
He appeared on the BBC Radio 5 Live programme On The Money on Sunday 3 October 2010.
He resigned from Costa Coffee in April 2012. Under his leadership, Costa Coffee had four times as many stores, with around 2,200 in April 2012, becoming the largest coffee chain in the UK.
Tragus Group
He became chief executive of Tragus Group in 2012, replacing Graham Turner who had been at Tragus for seven years, under chairman Charles Gurassa. Tragus Group had around 7,300 staff and around 300 restaurants, including the Bella Italia chain.
Tragus became The Big Table Group.
Early life
He attended Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Penrith. He studied History at Downing College, Cambridge.
Career
P&G
He joined P&G in 1978 as a graduate trainee.
Playtex UK
He joined Playtex UK in 1983.
Pepsi
He worked in the UK division of PepsiCo from 1985, becoming marketing director for Northern Europe, moving to the Spain and Portugal division as its marketing director, living in Madrid for four years.
Whitbread Beer Company
From 1994 he was the marketing director for the Whitbread Beer Company (now owned by AB InBev), being responsible for Stella Artois, Heineken, Labatt, and Boddingtons. The marketing slogan for Heineken in the UK for twenty four years was Heineken refreshes the parts other beers cannot reach, developed by Collett Dickenson Pearce in 1974, which he changed to How refreshing, how Heineken.
Beefeater
From 27 October 1998, he became managing director of Beefeater, replacing Simon Wood, who had been at Beefeater since 1993. Beefeater had 253 restaurants in the UK, having sold 40 restaurants in May 1998 to Crowded House Pub Company.
Pizza Hut
He became chief executive of Pizza Hut UK on 8 August 2002, replacing Mark Jones.
Costa Coffee
He became managing director of Costa Coffee in June 2006. Costa Coffee opened their first store in 1978.
By December 2009, Costa Coffee had 1,030 stores in the UK, and 429 stores overseas. Costa Coffee sold two cups of coffee every second.
He appeared on the BBC Radio 5 Live programme On The Money on Sunday 3 October 2010.
He resigned from Costa Coffee in April 2012. Under his leadership, Costa Coffee had four times as many stores, with around 2,200 in April 2012, becoming the largest coffee chain in the UK.
Tragus Group
He became chief executive of Tragus Group in 2012, replacing Graham Turner who had been at Tragus for seven years, under chairman Charles Gurassa. Tragus Group had around 7,300 staff and around 300 restaurants, including the Bella Italia chain.
Tragus became The Big Table Group.
Lawrence Favour Emeka (born October 21, 2000, professionally known as Emski) is a Nigerian Singer and Songwriter.He grew to the scene with the release of his first single “Unity” His Sound is a unique blend of Afro Beat and Afro Fusion.
Early life
Lawrence Favour Emeka was born in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, where he spent his childhood in Port Harcourt, where he was taught the basic’s about music. He started off playing Drums and Piano at the church he attended as a teenager.
Education and interests
He went to Federal Science and Technical College Ahoada, and Graduated in Captain Elechi Amadi Polytechnic Rumuola, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. With a National Diploma in .
His interest in singing and music began while attending secondary school. He started writing his own songs and discovering more about music.
He is currently one of the fast rising artist in Port Harcourt and had a music production with the popular Port Harcourt producer Kelah Kay.
Early life
Lawrence Favour Emeka was born in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, where he spent his childhood in Port Harcourt, where he was taught the basic’s about music. He started off playing Drums and Piano at the church he attended as a teenager.
Education and interests
He went to Federal Science and Technical College Ahoada, and Graduated in Captain Elechi Amadi Polytechnic Rumuola, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. With a National Diploma in .
His interest in singing and music began while attending secondary school. He started writing his own songs and discovering more about music.
He is currently one of the fast rising artist in Port Harcourt and had a music production with the popular Port Harcourt producer Kelah Kay.
Chukuigwe Ezemonye Akelachi (professionally known as Kelah Kay)Born on July 4, 2002 into the family of Late Ven. S.Y. Chukuigwe is a Nigerian music producer, artist and songwriter. His production is a unique blend of Afro Beat and Afro Fusion.
Early life
Chukuigwe Ezemonye Akelachi was born in Omueke, Isiokpo Acient Town, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, And he also spent his childhood in Isiokpo, Ikwerre LGA Before he moved to the city of Port Harcourt when he was a teenager.
Education and interests
He went to Model Secondary School Isiokpo, and Graduated in Captain Elechi Amadi Polytechnic Rumuola, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. With a National Diploma in Computer Engineering. He has a 4yrs experience in Computer Repairs on both software and hardware repairs.
His interest in music production began while attending secondary school. He started making his own beats and investigating music production.
He is an independent producer and have worked with popular fast rising Port Harcourt artist Emski.
Early life
Chukuigwe Ezemonye Akelachi was born in Omueke, Isiokpo Acient Town, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, And he also spent his childhood in Isiokpo, Ikwerre LGA Before he moved to the city of Port Harcourt when he was a teenager.
Education and interests
He went to Model Secondary School Isiokpo, and Graduated in Captain Elechi Amadi Polytechnic Rumuola, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. With a National Diploma in Computer Engineering. He has a 4yrs experience in Computer Repairs on both software and hardware repairs.
His interest in music production began while attending secondary school. He started making his own beats and investigating music production.
He is an independent producer and have worked with popular fast rising Port Harcourt artist Emski.
In a 2020 a series of rare sightings of pumas in the streets of the periphery of Santiago, Chile, were reported. Three pumas were sighted in late March-early April of which two were captured. As of 5 October Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero and the National Zoo had captured ten pumas in Santiago. Also on 5 October, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning and the Ministry of Agriculture launched a guide on "what to do and don't do" during and after puma sightings in cities. The first one is that pumas have moved into the city as a result of the lockdowns enforced due to the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in Chile.<ref nameEFEverde24sep/> A second hypothesis relates the sightings of pumas to a scarcity of food in their usual territories.<ref nameEFEverde24sep/>