11th May 2018 09:13
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares in Crawshaw Group PLC rose on Friday after it appointed Jim Viggars as chief executive officer and Nick Taylor as chief financial officer, with effect on May 21.
Shares in the "value butcher" rose 10% at 5.07 pence on Friday.
Viggars will replace Noel Collett after three years in the role since March 2015, and Taylor will be replacing Alan Richardson, who left the company after more than two years since September 2015.
Viggars was previously the managing director for CV Natural Foods SA for two years from 2015 to 2017, and before that spent 31 years at UK supermarket ASDA, a unit of US grocery giant Walmart Inc, leaving as head of the Fresh Meat department in 2015. "His departure from ASDA was referenced in an article by The Grocer citing his dismissal for gross misconduct in connection with breaches of Walmart's expenses policies," Crawshaw noted in its statement.
Taylor will join from halal lamb and mutton meat processor Janan Meat, where he was chief financial officer since 2017, and prior to that held a variety of roles at ABP Food Group from 2002 to 2015, leaving as general manager.
"I am pleased to welcome Jim and Nick to Crawshaw. They both have clear commercial acumen and careers which are steeped in the industry. I am confident that their combined expertise, experience and outlook will help drive the group forward," said Crawshaw Chairman Jim McCarthy.
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