– IRELAND, Dublin – Greencore Group plc (LON: GNC) today announced the appointment of Alastair Murray to its Board as Non-Executive Director effective on 1 February 2023.
“We are delighted to welcome Alastair to the Board. His addition brings significant and valuable experience from customer-focused businesses including Dairy Crest and Premier Foods. This, combined with his strong financial experience makes him an excellent addition to the Board.” said Board Chair, Leslie Van de Walle.
Alastair Murray will join the Audit and Risk Committee as its Chair.
About Alastair Murray
Alastair Murray brings extensive food industry and financial experience having held the role of CFO and director of Premier Foods plc until September 2019. He also has recent and relevant financial experience across a number of severances, including Dairy Crest plc and The Body Shop International plc. As well as a background in finance, he has significant experience in corporate strategy, restructuring, and M&A.
Alastair Murray is an independent member of the Risk and Audit Committee for the Department for Education and currently sits on the board and chairs the Audit and Risk Committee of McBride plc.
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 provide convenience and travel retail outlets, discounters, coffee shops, food services, 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 chilled prepared meals, and 296m bottles of cooking sauces, pickles, condiments, and chilled soups. We carry out more than 10,600 direct to direct-to-stretch days. 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 employed approximately 14,000 people. We are headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.
For more information: https://www.greencore.com/
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