12th Dec 2005 13:07
Glanbia PLC12 December 2005 GLANBIA APPOINTS NEW CEO OF CONSUMER FOODS IRELAND Glanbia plc is pleased to announce that it has appointed Colin Gordon (BBS, MBS)as Chief Executive Officer of its Irish Consumer Foods business, effective from1 March 2006. In this role Colin will be responsible for managing one of the Group's coreareas of operation and for developing Glanbia's position as the leading supplierof branded and value-added liquid milk, fresh dairy produce, cheeses, soups andspreads in the Irish retail market. Included in the Glanbia Irish brandportfolio is Avonmore (the number one brand in the Irish milk market), Yoplait,Kilmeaden and Premier. Colin succeeds the late Pat Brophy. Colin joins Glanbia from C&C Group Plc, the drinks and snack food company, wherehe has been Managing Director of C&C (Ireland) Ltd since 1998. This businessoperates such brands as Club, 7 Up, Pepsi, Mi Wadi and Ballygowan. He joined theC&C Group in 1989 and has held various senior management positions over the last16 years including Marketing Director of Showerings (now Bulmers Ltd.), ManagingDirector C&C (Wholesale) Ltd before being appointed to his current position.Colin has chaired Bord Bia's Brand Forum Steering Group for the past five yearsand was recently appointed chair of the Prepared Consumer Foods Group in IBEC. Welcoming Colin to Glanbia, Group Managing Director, John Moloney said, "Colinhas an outstanding track record with substantial experience in the fmcg sector.We are delighted he has agreed to join the company and look forward to hiscontribution in further developing our consumer foods portfolio and retailoffering." ENDS 12 December 2005 Note to Editors: Glanbia plc is an international dairy food ingredients and nutritionals group,with leading positions in cheese and whey proteins. Glanbia has operations inIreland, Europe, the US and Nigeria. Its business units are structured arounddeveloping the Group's strategic focus on the Consumer Foods, Food Ingredientsand Nutritionals markets. Enquiries to: Geraldine Kearney, Group Director of Communications, Glanbia plc Tel: 056-7772357 / 087- 2319430 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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