Verner Wheelock, the Yorkshire-based award-winning food industry training company, has announced the recipients of its first ever Excellence Awards. The Awards were launched in 2015 to coincide with the company’s
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Nestlé and First Milk, the UK dairy farmers co-operative, have launched the Next Generation Dairy Leaders Programme, a scheme for young farmers that aims to identify, nurture and develop the
John Hood, Invest Northern Ireland’s Director of Food and Tourism, has encouraged over 40 producers from Northern Ireland’s bakery and snacks sector to explore innovation to support business growth. Speaking
UK-based soft drinks group Britvic has appointed Euan Sutherland and Sue Clark as independent Non-Executive Directors of the Company with effect from 29th February 2016. Euan will also serve on
Seamus O’Hara, managing director of the Carlow Brewing Company, has been appointed as the new chairperson of the Irish Brewers Association (IBA), the representative group for brewers and distributers of
Coca-Cola HBC has announced that George A David has decided to step down from the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors with effect from 27 January 2016. Mr
Integrated logistics provider Partner Logistics has appointed Jolin Dophemont as Supply Chain Developer and Mark Knibbeler as Supply Chain Specialist to strengthen its team based at the head office in
2 Sisters Food Group, which is the UK’s largest grocery market supplier and one of the largest privately owned food groups in Europe, is opening a new manufacturing facility in
The National Skills Academy for Food and Drink (NSAFD) has launched Tasty Careers Wales – an initiative to promote jobs and careers in the food and drink industry to young
Malte Schlüter has been appointed as Director for Food & Beverage and Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) of the Factory Automation – European Business Group at Mitsubishi Electric Europe. His role
Carlsberg Group has appointed Heine Dalsgaard as new Chief Financial Officer. Heine Dalsgaard, who is a Danish citizen born in 1971, joins from ISS A/S, where he has served as
Global premium spirits business and independent family distillers, William Grant & Sons has confirmed that chief executive, Stella David (pictured right), has decided to step down at the end of
The board of Wm Morrison Supermarkets has appointed Rooney Anand (pictured), the current chief executive of UK brewer and pub operator Greene King, as non-executive director and as senior independent
A new and innovative professional knowledge programme, Teagasc ConnectEd has been launched. It will extend Teagasc’s knowledge transfer and research programmes to rural professionals and businesses in Ireland. The Teagasc
Fred Barry has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Project Management Holdings (PM Group), the Irish headquartered international project delivery specialists. Fred has over 30 years’ experience in senior
Global snacking giant Mondelēz International has appointed Christiana Shi to its board of directors. Christiana Shi is President, Direct-to-Consumer for NIKE, with oversight for Nike Stores, Nike Factory Stores and
Tetra Pak and DeLaval, sister companies in the Tetra Laval Group, have signed a five year agreement with the Dairy Association of China to provide training to Chinese dairy farm
British dairy co-operative First Milk has appointed Carl Ravenhall to the board as a non-executive director. Carl Ravenhall was latterly managing director of Muller Wiseman Dairies. Prior to that in
The first young people have signed up to begin a Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship with Sheffield Hallam University and Nestlé UK, a new kind of apprenticeship that leads to a
Moy Park has been recognised for its best in class approach to people development, picking up the IGD John Sainsbury Learning and Development Award at the prestigious IGD Awards 2015.
Gunter Sauerwald has been appointed as Commercial Director of Pentair Südmo GmbH as of July 1, 2015. He has many years of management experience in the fields of engineering, operations and sales.
Diageo has announced that Kathryn Mikells (pictured) is to be appointed Chief Financial Officer based in London, effective 9 November 2015. Mikells joins from Xerox Corporation, where she is currently
Kjeld Johannesen (pictured right), group chief executive of Danish Crown, the Danish meat processing company, for the past 27 years,
Smurfit Kappa Group, one of the world’s largest integrated manufacturers of paper-based packaging products with operations in Europe and the
New World wine company, Accolade Wines, has appointed its general manager UK and Ireland, Paul Schaafsma to be chief executive
A national supermarket chain, which has a fish and seafood processing unit in Grimsby, has saved training costs and improved
Natalie Knight will become the new CFO of Arla Foods in January 2016. Ms Knight currently holds the position as
A County Kilkenny based community led initiative that serves as an educational food hub for the Southeast is to become
Tommy Keane (pictured) has been appointed Production Director for Irish Distillers Pernod Ricard. He succeeds Peter Morehead, who was appointed
The Coca-Cola Company has appointed James Quincey as President and Chief Operating Officer (COO), effective immediately. As President and COO,
Bord Bia, supported by PWC, has launched a new initiative aimed at helping medium-sized food and drink companies address their
Britvic has appointment Mathew Dunn as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to succeed John Gibney, who is retiring. Mathew Dunn will
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Nude Brand Creation today announces the appointment of Martin Riley as its first non-executive director. Riley joins the design and branding agency from Pernod Ricard, where he served as Chief Marketing Officer until December 2014.
Nestlé has launched ‘Project Opportunity’ in the US, a career acceleration programme to help people of all ages gain work
The Netherlands-based Vion Food has appointed Francis Kint as CEO with effect from 1 September. He takes over the management
PepsiCo has announced a series of leadership appointments and realigned some of its business segments to support the company’s global
Diageo recently announced that Larry Schwartz, President North America would retire by the end of this calendar year. Diageo has
Mary Thompson, president of US-based Cargill Value Added Meats, has been appointed to lead Cargill’s European poultry business based in
Grimsby Institute has further strengthened its commitment to the local food industry with the appointment of Mat Thompson (pictured right)
Glanbia, the global performance nutrition and ingredients group, has appointed Henry Corbally as chairman. Henry Corbally succeeds Liam Herlihy, who
Ann-Beth Freuchen (pictured) has been appointed Orkla Executive VP and CEO of the Orkla Confectionery & Snacks business area. She
Unilever has announced that its Chief Financial Officer, Jean-Marc Huët, has decided to step down on 1 October 2015. Huët,
Private equity firm Nomad Holdings has appointed Stéfan Descheemaeker as Chief Executive Officer, effective upon closing of its recently announced
Women in Packaging, an organization to connect, support and recognize female employees in the UK packaging industry, has reported an
Stock Spirits Group, a leading spirits business in Central and Eastern Europe, has announced that Jack Keenan will step down
Bühler Aeroglide, a global leader in thermal process engineering and technology for food, feed, and industrial materials, has announced Andy
Erling Pedersen, who has been working at Logitrans through the last 46 years and through most of them as President,
Global food processing equipment manufacturer, JBT has expanded its UK customer service division by recruiting five additional engineers at its
First Milk’s new CEO, Mike Gallacher, who replaced Kate Allum in March, has announced a number of changes to the
Professional development register Dairy Pro has reached a ground-breaking agreement with the UK’s largest dairy company, farmer-owned co-operative, Arla, for
Bord Bia has said that the inaugural Origin Green Ambassador programme is “game-changing” in terms of its potential to encourage
Mondelez International has announced that Robin Hargrove will become Executive Vice President, Research, Development and Quality, effective April 1. In
Cargill’s cocoa & chocolate business has appointed Niklas Andersson (pictured) as Marketing & Communications Director for Europe, Middle East and
Peter Morehead (pictured), Production Director of Irish Distillers has been appointed Group Operations Director of Pernod Ricard. He will commence
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