Archive of all profiles and Q&A articles – Page 60
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My Favourite Things Gina Hall, group marketing and product director, Hill Station
What's your favourite restaurant? The Harrow at Little Bedwyn, Wiltshire. The owners' love of all things Spanish comes through in their dishes, and the friendly yet professional manner in which they run the front of house. Do you prefer...
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Climbing the ladder
How did you get where you are today? I initially trained as a chef and travelled extensively on board the QE2. At 26, I moved from being a chef into sales and marketing for food manufacturers. From there I moved into high-performance packaging...
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How did you get to where you are today? I have always been a baker. After leaving school in the mid-1970s my dad's bakery, Catlins in Grantham, Lincolnshire, was short staffed so I started working there. After studying bakery on...
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Vawda gets new Christian Salvesen role
Logistics giant Christian Salvesen has appointed Sarah Vawda as corporate development director. Vawda joins Christian Salvesen from steel company Corus Group, where she was deputy director with responsibility for M&A and corporate...
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Cousens to manage Champagne brand
Pernod Ricard UK has appointed Lucy Cousens as senior brand manager for its Champagne brand GH Mumm Champagne. Cousens joins Pernod Ricard UK from The Boots Group, where she worked for seven years, most recently as senior product manager...
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Pappas to replace Ball at Costco UK
Steve Pappas is set to replace Francis Ball as managing director of the UK arm of US C&C giant Costco. A spokeswoman said that Pappas would take up his new role in the next couple of weeks. He has worked for the company for a number of...
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Nooyi is first woman CEO of PepsiCo
Indra Nooyi has been appointed the first female chief executive officer of soft drinks giant PepsiCo. Nooyi, who has worked at PepsiCo since 1994, takes up her new role on 1 October, replacing Steve Reinemund. She moves up from the...
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SABMiller appoints Pyman to top role
SABMiller has appointed Helen Pyman as group marketing development director from 4 September. Pyman joins the brewer from Brand Learning Partners, where she was marketing capability director. In this role she worked with major blue chip...
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Superquinn names purchasing director
Irish supermarket chain Superquinn has appointed Sheena Forde as its new purchasing director. Forde replaces Tom Nolan who left the company last month after just a year in the role. She joins Superquinn from...
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Champagne house chair is La Giraudière
Champagne house Laurent-Perrier UK has appointed Bernard de La Giraudière as chairman. La Giraudière moves up from the role of vice chairman, replacing Bernard de Nonancourt. He joined the Champagne house in 1967 as head of export and...
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Uniq appoints Roberts to director role
Chilled convenience foods group Uniq has appointed Chris Roberts as the commercial director for its Uniq Prepared Foods Minsterley desserts business. In a role created after a restructure in October last year, Roberts joins from RHM where...
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Parker moves up to meatier role as MD
Meat company W&J Parker, which trades as Parker Fine Foods, has appointed Andrew Parker MD. Parker moves up from the role of operations director where, the company said, he had used his experience of the meat business to ensure...
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K-C rolling out across Europe
Tissues-to-nappies giant Kimberly-Clark has appointed Giles Turrell as head of its European customer management organisation. He will take responsibility for the evolution of K-C's consumer business across Europe, replacing Ron...
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How did you get to where you are today? I established Empire Food Brokers in 1997 as an importer of high quality health foods. At the time it was part of Adminstore, which had a chain of 60 convenience stores across London that traded...
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Tapper quits NFU food/farming role
Robin Tapper is stepping down from his role as head of food and farming at the National Farmers' Union. A spokesman for the NFU confirmed that Tapper, who has been in the role since October 2003, would be stepping down at a time yet to be...
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Fuller set to retire as chairman of brewer
Anthony Fuller, chairman of brewer Fuller, Smith & Turner, is to retire from his post next year. Fuller, who has been chairman since 1982 and non-executive chairman since 2002, said at the group's agm that he would step down next year but...
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Price is right for Campsie Spring
Greencore has appointed David Price as managing director of its Scotland-based mineral water business Campsie Spring. Price joined Greencore two years ago and has since held a number of roles, including supply chain director and...
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Hill joins BPS in technical capacity
Herbs and spices supplier British Pepper & Spice has appointed John Hill as technical director designate. Hill joins the company from Masterfoods where he was European quality and food safety manager for dry petfood. BPS said that Hill...
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Restructuring for Dale Farm
Dale Farm GB is restructuring its operations in England and Scotland following the appointment of Peter Lyon as commercial manager. Ian Turner is appointed the company's operations manager with responsibility for its Kendal plant in...
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A Kwik departure for the chain's new blood
Kwik Save managing director Paul Niklas and finance director Steve Payne have left after less than four months in their posts.The company claimed their departure was always planned, as they were both regarded as interim appointments....