Last checked at 31 Mar 2023 08:00
31 March 2023
Greencore Group plc
Directorate Change
The Board of Greencore Group plc ('Greencore', the 'Company' or the 'Group') today announces the appointment of Harshitkumar (Hetal) Shah as Non-Executive Director with effect from 1 April 2023.
Hetal brings extensive food industry and financial experience having held numerous senior international finance roles over a 17-year career with Cadbury plc. This experience includes Finance Director roles in the UK, US, Asia and Africa. As well as a background in finance, Hetal has significant experience in corporate strategy and M&A and has worked in both public listed and private equity backed organisations. Hetal is currently Chief Financial Officer, Europe at Belron International.
Hetal will also become a member of the Audit and Risk Committee upon appointment.
Leslie Van de Walle, Chair, commented:
"We are delighted to welcome Hetal to the Board. His addition brings in-depth food-industry experience from his tenure with Cadbury plc. This, combined with his strong financial experience will be highly beneficial to the Board."
This announcement is made pursuant to LR 9.6.11 and LR 9.6.13 of the Listing Rules. Greencore confirms there is no further information to be disclosed under the requirements of LR 9.6.11 or 9.6.13 of the Listing Rules in relation to Hetal's appointment.
For further information, please contact:
Dalton Philips | Chief Executive Officer | Tel: +353 (0) 1 486 3326 |
Emma Hynes | Chief Financial Officer | Tel: +353 (0) 1 486 3307 |
Damien Moynagh | Group General Counsel and Company Secretary | Tel: +353 (0) 1 605 1000 |
Rob Greening/ Nick Hayns/ Sam Austrums | Powerscourt | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7250 1446 |
Billy Murphy/ Claire Rowley/ Cian Doherty | Drury Communications | Tel: +353 (0) 1 260 5000 |
About Greencore
We are a leading manufacturer of convenience food in the UK and our purpose is to make every day taste better. We supply to all the major supermarkets in the UK. We also supply convenience and travel retail outlets, discounters, coffee shops, foodservice and other retailers. We have strong market positions in a range of categories including sandwiches, salads, sushi, chilled snacking, chilled ready meals, chilled soups and sauces, chilled quiche, ambient sauces and pickles, and frozen Yorkshire Puddings.
In FY22, we manufactured 795m sandwiches and other food to go products, 127m chilled prepared meals, and 296m bottles of cooking sauces, pickles, condiments and chilled soups. We carry out more than 10,600 direct to store deliveries each day. We have 23 world-class manufacturing units across 16 locations in the UK, with industry-leading technology and supply chain capabilities. We generated revenues of £1.7bn in FY22 and employ approximately 14,000 people. We are headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. For further information go to www.greencore.com or follow Greencore on social media.