Cranswick chief working officer appointed to group board after gross sales smash £2b

Main meals producer Cranswick has appointed two new administrators to the board.

Group chief working officer Chris Aldersley is joined by the impartial non-executive appointment of Yetunde Hofmann.

Mr Aldersley joined the Hull-headquartered agency in 1998, working in a wide range of senior administration roles earlier than taking the COO place in 2015.

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He’s accountable for managing the operations on the group’s 4 main processing and 16 added worth services, and likewise for its agricultural operations, which help the group’s vertically built-in provide chain technique.

It’s a transfer described as in recognition of the “contribution to the group and central significance of his function going ahead to the supply of the long-term technique”.

Analysts have not too long ago praised the secure senior administration crew for latest successes.

Ms Hofmann is the managing director of Synchrony Improvement Consulting, a global management and alter consultancy and the founding father of Solaris International Government Management Improvement. She can also be a trustee on the Institute of Enterprise Ethics and a visiting fellow on the College of Studying’s Henley Enterprise College of Advertising and Fame.

She joins pork and poultry targeted Cranswick – which hit gross sales of £2 billion final yr – already holding the identical place with pure elements specialist Treatt, and can develop into a member of the audit, remuneration, nomination and ESG committees. Mr Aldersley joins her on the latter.

Asserting the appointments to the Metropolis, Tim Smith, chair of FTSE-listed Cranswick Plc, mentioned: “I’m delighted that Yetunde and Chris will be part of our board.

“Yetunde’s expertise will complement our current board. She has a longtime monitor report of mentoring and creating efficiency, expertise and management methods throughout a variety of organisations, which can be invaluable to Cranswick.

“Chris’s function at Cranswick has grown with the fast growth of the group and he has been central to dealing with the challenges introduced in latest occasions by Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic. Chris helps ship our Second Nature sustainability technique. I’m happy his contribution is recognised together with his appointment to the board.”

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