Kraft MD Amanda Banfield leaves Australia for global role

One of Australia’s top marketers is leaving the country to take a job in Switzerland.

Amanda Banfield, managing director of the snack division at Kraft Foods Australia, is to relocate to Zurich to take on a global role for Kraft.

The company confirmed the news with Mumbrella, but had not elaborated on the specifics of Banfield’s new role at press time.

Banfield was behind the consolidation of Kraft’s creative agency roster after Kraft’s purchase of Cadbury, and has been an influential figure on the marketing circuit since moving to Australia from the UK in 2009.