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Ignasi Ricou, which reaches Cadbury in 2003, run sales and entrepreneurship of gum and candy in Europe. He left to join a Spain company where he can spend more time with his family, according to a spokesman for Kraft.

Tamara Minick-Scokalo, a leader of Cadbury position currently European companies of Kraft chocolate, leaves for family reasons.

They are the servants last departure given that Kraft bought Cadbury for $18 (￡ 11 6bn) .Mark Reckitt, who was head of Cadbury, policy officer taking left in July.

In the same month, Phil Rumbol, head of marketing for the United Kingdom Ireland, Cadbury has left the company.

Commenting on the departure of Mr. Ricou Chris Bones, a former leader of HR Cadbury is now Professor at Manchester Business School said Bloomberg: "Cadbury given were regarded as having the largest confectionary management team, the loss of another elder former manager of Cadbury must raise concern among the shareholders of Kraft.".

In a memo to staff, Mike Clarke, European head of Kraft, thanked Mr. Ricou for "his enormous commitment, passion and leadership.

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Kraft Chief execuitve Irene Rosenfeld arrives at the factory of Cadbury Bournville, Birmingham.

Vice-President of Kraft said in March there is no other closures of the United Kingdom at least two years after renié Kraft on a commitment during the battle of support to keep open a plant to Somerdale, near Bristol, which had been planned for the closure of manufacturing facilities.

A few days after the completed transaction, said Kraft should close the plant with the loss of 400 jobs.

Speaking to BBC News yesterday, after a historic visit Cadbury Bournville base for the first time since striking agreement making (￡ 11 6bn) $18 eight months ago said Rosenfeld Kraft was "happy" to Bournville at the "heart and soul" chocolate company.

However, asked if it was at this point, unable to make over a commitment beyond the two years, Ms. Rosenfeld said: "that is correct".

It added that it was difficult to say if overall, the merger of the two companies lead net loss or a net gain in jobs.

"It will vary on important zone.Plus area, I think, we expect that the combination will allow the company combined with growth on the top row and the row background .c ' is well beyond the growth of all our peers", she says.

She said she regretted the uncertainty surrounding the closure of the plant Somerdale, adding that it was important to "look forward into the future."

Ms. Rosenfeld, who was earlier this week named number two on the list of most powerful women of the planet - Michelle Obama - Forbes said that the focus is on Kraft as a global company.

"We get together the combined company and we can share best practices, I think we have then the opportunity to take the company to a new location," she added.

Speaking about the benefits of the acquisition of Cadbury, Ms. Rosenfeld said that the company had an "iconic product portfolio" and expertise in "channels for immediate consumption.

"We know many historically on supermarkets and the combination of this expertise with an understanding of immediate consumer channels which generally have very attractive margins and are very rapid growth is of great interest to us," she says.

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