Greencore Group PLC Non-Executive Board Appointment (5554V)
January 31 2017 - 2:01AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 5554V
Greencore Group PLC
31 January 2017
31 January 2017
Greencore Group plc ("Greencore") Appoints Non-Executive
Director
The Board of Greencore, the leading international convenience
food business, is delighted to announce the appointment of Mr.
Thomas Sampson (58) as Non-Executive Director with effect from 1
February 2017.
Tom brings a wealth of experience, insight and knowledge to
Greencore, having thirty years' sales, marketing and general
management experience in the US food industry. Tom served as Chief
Executive Officer of Peacock Foods from 2013 to 2016. Prior to
that, Tom spent 28 years at Kraft Foods, including ten years as
President of Kraft North American Food Service, a $2billion
division of Kraft. A former Chairman of the International
Foodservice Manufacturer's Association, Tom currently serves as
President of Chicago Children's Advocacy Center and on the Board of
Directors of the Community Coffee Company LLC.
Commenting on the appointment, Mr. Gary Kennedy, Chairman of
Greencore, said: "We are delighted to welcome Tom to the Board. Tom
brings a wealth of insight and relationships to the Group along
with a deep US operating knowledge which will be invaluable as we
enter the next phase of the Group's development."
There is no further information to be disclosed puuarsuant to
Listing Rule 9.6.13.
For further information:
Eoin Tonge Chief Financial Tel: + 353 1
Officer 605 1045
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Rob Greening / Powerscourt Tel: + 44 207
Lisa Kavanagh 250 1446
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NOTES TO EDITORS
1) Greencore:
-- A fast growing, international convenience food leader
-- In the UK: a leading manufacturer of sandwiches and other
food to go products to grocery retailers, with complementary
positions in other convenience food categories, including chilled
prepared meals, chilled soups and sauces, ambient sauces &
pickles, cakes & desserts and Yorkshire Puddings
-- In the US: a leading manufacturer of sandwiches, meal kits
and salads to CPG, convenience retail and food service leaders
2) This announcement is based on information sourced from unaudited management accounts
3) This announcement contains certain forward looking statements
with respect to the financial conditions, results of operations and
businesses of the Group. These statements involve risk and
uncertainty because they relate to events and depend upon
circumstances that will occur in the future. There are a number of
factors that could cause actual results or developments to differ
materially from those expressed or implied by these forward looking
statements. Nothing in this announcement should be construed as a
profit forecast
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