not many people.

not many people, after meeting Theo Graban, walk away feeling indifferent. The former Dutch Navy officer grips your hand firmly. He speaks forcefully, laughs loud and looks you square in the estimate

Those characteristics dovetail exquisitely with Graban's personality, one of genuine warmth and welcome; a straightforward directness that's almost unsettling and certainly disarming. Consequently it's not surprising to discover that the powerfully built Dutchman of Polish coming down isn't afraid to shake up the status quo when he be wrought ups it needs a wakeup call. In a way, that's what Graban did when he joined Luijckx, a chocolate specialty manufacturer, in 1986