Reuters
COPENHAGEN/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Carlsberg's Chief Executive Cees 't Hart will retire at the end of September, the Danish brewer said on Tuesday, after he has seen through the sale of its Russian business. Hart, the main architect behind Carlsberg's strategic shift from Russia towards China and a bet on prioritising price over volume, was hired in 2015, partly to help restore sluggish sales in its Eastern Europe brewing business. During his eight years in charge he has successfully focused on cutting costs and improving sales of premium beers to compete with its larger rivals Heineken and AB Inbev.