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 Centerview sets its sights on fmcg companies - first stop United Biscuits

Centerview sets its sights on fmcg companies – first stop United Biscuits

By Stephen Foster on August 22, 2010

Centerview is a US-based private equity and advisory operation specialising in consumer goods companies and it’s being retained by companies all over the place who are convinced that stock market values don’t reflect the value of the other companies they’d like to acquire. Set up by former Gillette boss Jim Kilts, who then became a [...]

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