Non Executive Board Appointment

RNS Number : 2682D
Greencore Group PLC
30 January 2018
 

30 January 2018

 

GREENCORE GROUP PLC

("Greencore")

Appoints Non-Executive Director

The Board of Greencore, a leading manufacturer of convenience foods in the UK and US, is delighted to announce the appointment of Ms. Helen Rose as Non-Executive Director, with effect from 11 April 2018. Ms. Rose (52) is currently Chief Operating Officer with TSB Banking Group plc, a subsidiary of the Sabadell Group.

Helen has extensive operational, financial and UK retail experience and has held a number of senior finance roles at Dixons, Forte, Safeway and Lloyds Banking Group.   

Commenting on the appointment, Mr. Gary Kennedy, Chairman of Greencore, said: "Helen will bring deep operating knowledge, with a detailed financial focus and valuable experience of the food industry.  Helen's appointment will complement our strong, experienced Board and executive team". 

 

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

 

For further information, please contact:

Eoin Tonge

Chief Financial Officer

Tel: +353 (0) 1 605 1029

Jack Gorman

Head of Investor Relations

Tel: +353 (0) 1 605 1020

Rob Greening or Lisa Kavanagh

Powerscourt

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7250 1446

Billy Murphy or Sarah O'Connor

Drury | Porter Novelli

Tel: +353 (0) 1 260 5000

 

NOTES TO EDITORS

Greencore is a leading international producer of convenience foods with extensive operations in the UK and the US. Headquartered in Dublin, it employs approximately 16,000 people in 31 manufacturing facilities across the UK and the US. On average, it manufactures around 1.5 billion sandwiches, over 600m salad and lunch kits, and 140 million ready meals every year.

In the UK, it is a supplier of own-label convenience food products to all of the major UK supermarkets, and has world-class manufacturing sites with industry-leading technology and supply chain capabilities. It has strong market positions across sandwiches and other food to go products as well as complementary positions in other convenience food categories, including chilled prepared meals, chilled soups and sauces, ambient sauces and pickles, cakes and desserts and Yorkshire Puddings.

In the US, Greencore is a leading manufacturer of convenience food products for many of the largest food brands, convenience retail and food service leaders in the US. It produces a wide range of fresh, frozen and ambient products including sandwiches, meal kits and salad kits. It has a well invested network of high quality, scale facilities which supports the Group's ambitions to grow in value added, assembly-led, convenience food manufacturing.

For more information go to www.greencore.com or follow Greencore on social media.


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