Non-Executive Board Appointment

RNS Number : 5554V

Greencore Group PLC

31 January 2017

 

31 January 2017

Greencore Group plc ("Greencore") Appoints Non-Executive Director

The Board of Greencore, the leading international convenience food business, is delighted to announce the appointment of Mr. Thomas Sampson (58) as Non-Executive Director with effect from 1 February 2017. 

Tom brings a wealth of experience, insight and knowledge to Greencore, having thirty years' sales, marketing and general management experience in the US food industry. Tom served as Chief Executive Officer of Peacock Foods from 2013 to 2016.  Prior to that, Tom spent 28 years at Kraft Foods, including ten years as President of Kraft North American Food Service, a $2billion division of Kraft.  A former Chairman of the International Foodservice Manufacturer's Association, Tom currently serves as President of Chicago Children's Advocacy Center and on the Board of Directors of the Community Coffee Company LLC. 

Commenting on the appointment, Mr. Gary Kennedy, Chairman of Greencore, said: "We are delighted to welcome Tom to the Board.  Tom brings a wealth of insight and relationships to the Group along with a deep US operating knowledge which will be invaluable as we enter the next phase of the Group's development."

There is no further information to be disclosed puuarsuant to Listing Rule 9.6.13. 

For further information:

Eoin Tonge	Chief Financial Officer	Tel: + 353 1 605 1045
Rob Greening / Lisa Kavanagh	Powerscourt	Tel: + 44 207 250 1446

NOTES TO EDITORS

1)    Greencore:

·     A fast growing, international convenience food leader

·     In the UK: a leading manufacturer of sandwiches and other food to go products to grocery retailers, with complementary positions in other convenience food categories, including chilled prepared meals, chilled soups and sauces, ambient sauces & pickles, cakes & desserts and Yorkshire Puddings

·     In the US: a leading manufacturer of sandwiches, meal kits and salads to CPG, convenience retail and food service leaders

2)    This announcement is based on information sourced from unaudited management accounts

3)    This announcement contains certain forward looking statements with respect to the financial conditions, results of operations and businesses of the Group. These statements involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to events and depend upon circumstances that will occur in the future. There are a number of factors that could cause actual results or developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward looking statements. Nothing in this announcement should be construed as a profit forecast

 

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