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McDonalds CEO Martin Knoll

Crissier, Vaud, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Martin Knoll, 51, CEO of McDonald’s Switzerland since 2003, died Friday 21 August in an accident while riding his mountain bike near Engstlenalp, canton Bern, the Crissier, canton Vaud-based company announced.

An Austrian,  Knoll joined the company as marketing director for McDonald’s in Austria in 1993. He was was named CEO of the Austrian company in 1997, then vice-president of marketing for 18 countries in Europe and Central Asia, before taking charge of the more than 140 McDonald’s restaurants in Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

He is survived by his wife and two children.

Posted by Sean Ecker on 24 August 2009 at 14:45 | permalink
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News story, GenevaLunch, 24 August 2009.

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