– UK, London – Bakkavor Group plc (LON: BAKK), today announced the appointment of its current COO UK Mike Edwards as CEO effective on 1 November 2022, to succeed Co-founder Agust Gudmundsson who will retire from 31 October 2022 but will remain on Board as a Non-Executive Director.
“One of the characteristics of a successful leader is the quality of the team they build around them, and there is no better testament to this than the appointment of Mike as our new CEO. Mike has delivered operational excellence, strong customer relationships and consistent commercial performance in our UK business and I am greatly looking forward to working with him on the next stage of Bakkavor’s development,” said Board Chairman, Simon Burke.
About Mike Edwards
Mike Edwards joined Bakkavor in 2001 and was promoted into a series of challenging and demanding roles before becoming Chief Operating Officer, UK, in 2014. His leadership of the UK business has been exceptional and his insight and commercial experience has made an invaluable contribution to the Group Board, which he joined in December 2020.
Mike Edwards said: “Joining the business over 20 years ago as a manufacturing manager at one of our pizza factories, I never expected to have the honour of being appointed CEO of Bakkavor. Whilst this is a particularly challenging environment, I absolutely believe challenges create opportunities and we are incredibly well placed, as a Bakkavor team, to move forward positively and purposefully delivering for colleagues, customers, and shareholders.”
About Bakkavor
We are the leading provider of freshly prepared food in the UK, and our presence in the US and China positions the Group well in these high-growth markets. We leverage our consumer insight and scale to provide innovative food that offers quality, choice, convenience, and freshness. Our c.19,000 colleagues operate from 46 sites across our three markets supplying a portfolio of over 3,200 products across meals, pizza & bread, salads, and desserts to leading grocery retailers in the UK and US, and international food brands in China.
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