McBride plc
3rd August 2009
McBride plc
Appointment of new Executive Director
McBride plc, Europe's leading supplier of private label household and personal care products, announces today the appointment of Richard Armitage as Finance Director. Richard will be joining the Board shortly, at a date to be announced
Richard joins from Premier Foods where he is currently the Finance Director of their Grocery Division. Before joining Premier, he worked with ICI as a Divisional Finance Director and a Divisional Chief Financial Officer. Prior to that he held various financial roles with Courtaulds, Boots and the Rover Group.
Iain Napier Chairman commented
' I would like to welcome Richard to McBride. His experience with major international organisations and his recent fmcg experience in a retail-facing organisation, give him an excellent background for joining our Board. I would like to wish him every success in his new role'.
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