Consumer >> Analyst Interviews >> November 11, 2002
RODDY MARTIN is Service Director, CPG/Life Sciences Industry
Service at AMR Research, Inc. He is responsible for leading AMR
Research's analysis and research in consumer products
manufacturing, including the food, beverage, consumer packaged
goods, pharmaceutical and biotech markets. He has 22 years of
experience, most recently as an executive at South African
Breweries, the fourth-largest brewer in the world. Previous
experience includes seven years with ISCOR Iron and Steel
Manufacturers as a technician and millwright, and 10 years with
G.H. Marais and Partners, a firm of consulting electrical and
electronic engineers. His career studies have included a
Millwright Trade, a National Diploma for Technicians, a four-year
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree completed cum laude
with external awards for design and thesis, and an Executive
Management Development Program. He was educated at Hilton College
in Natal, South Africa, at Pretoria Technicon and the University
of Pretoria, South Africa. He speaks frequently at local industry
trade conferences, user group meetings and executive conferences.
He has also delivered a number of international presentations and
is widely quoted in leading business and industry trade
publications. Profile
performance of the consumer packaged growth stocks over the past
12 months?
Mr. Martin: Certainly these companies haven't performed
