All People articles – Page 462
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Profiles
the art of no-gotiation
According to Samuel Johnson, treating your adversary with respect serves no purpose. Many retailers appear to subscribe to this view when it comes to their dealings with suppliers, seemingly preferring to force through cost reductions or...
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Climbing the ladder
How did you get where you are today? I got here via an interesting mix of working within the food, pharmaceutical and nutritional sectors for almost 20 years. Initially, I was in sales and marketing roles, then focused primarily on...
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Climbing the ladder
How did you get where you are today? I initially trained as a chef and travelled extensively on board the QE2. At 26, I moved from being a chef into sales and marketing for food manufacturers. From there I moved into high-performance packaging...
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My Favourite Things Gina Hall, group marketing and product director, Hill Station
What's your favourite restaurant? The Harrow at Little Bedwyn, Wiltshire. The owners' love of all things Spanish comes through in their dishes, and the friendly yet professional manner in which they run the front of house. Do you prefer...
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Sainsbury's signs up Tesco property head
Gaelle WalkerSainsbury's has appointed current Tesco property services director Neil Sachdev to the newly created role of commercial director. Sachdev's appointment is the fourth senior defection from Tesco to Sainsbury's in the past two...
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Q&A with Paul Chapman Manager of the Week
Have you have won this award before? Yes, I was the manager here when we won the award last June. We were trading as a Safeway back then, but the store has since been refitted and rebadged under the Morrisons brand. In fact, I think it is 12… -
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Stirred not shaken
Where is the Andy Bond who delivered "that speech" at IGD's annual convention last October? Since gamely shouldering Asda's share of the blame for the industry's "bland, amorphous, sameness", the dynamic leader that these comments seemed to...
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Asda snaps up Douglas Gurr to direct strategy
Douglas Gurr, founder and former chief executive of The Grocer Big 30 online delivered wholesaler Blueheath, has joined Asda as director of strategy. Blueheath announced in June that Gurr would be leaving the company in August following a...
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Pappas to replace Ball at Costco UK
Steve Pappas is set to replace Francis Ball as managing director of the UK arm of US C&C giant Costco. A spokeswoman said that Pappas would take up his new role in the next couple of weeks. He has worked for the company for a number of...
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Cousens to manage Champagne brand
Pernod Ricard UK has appointed Lucy Cousens as senior brand manager for its Champagne brand GH Mumm Champagne. Cousens joins Pernod Ricard UK from The Boots Group, where she worked for seven years, most recently as senior product manager...
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Leask quits as Shetland Catch MD
Derek Leask has resigned after 11 years as MD of salmon, herring and mackerel supplier Shetland Catch. John Goodlad, chairman of Shetland Catch, said: "Derek has not been at work due to illness since March 2006 and he has now resigned his...
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Vawda gets new Christian Salvesen role
Logistics giant Christian Salvesen has appointed Sarah Vawda as corporate development director. Vawda joins Christian Salvesen from steel company Corus Group, where she was deputy director with responsibility for M&A and corporate...
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New posts in Sainsbury's alcohol team
Sainsbury's has created two new roles in its beers, wines and spirits team to drive its long-term strategy and respond to changing customer needs. The first role, of beers, wines and spirits senior manager, has been filled by Warren...
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SABMiller appoints Pyman to top role
SABMiller has appointed Helen Pyman as group marketing development director from 4 September. Pyman joins the brewer from Brand Learning Partners, where she was marketing capability director. In this role she worked with major blue chip...
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Asda pushes Brown up to head ethical sourcing
Asda has promoted Dr Chris Brown to head of ethical and sustainable sourcing. Brown moves up from the role of agriculture development manager, a position he has held since joining Asda five years ago. A spokesman for Asda said that...
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Bolland's baptism by fire
In less than a fortnight, the unfamiliar figure of Marc Bolland, former chief operating officer at Heineken, steps into the shoes of former Morrisons chief executive Bob Stott. His arrival signals the end of Sir Ken Morrison's executive reign...
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Nooyi is first woman CEO of PepsiCo
Indra Nooyi has been appointed the first female chief executive officer of soft drinks giant PepsiCo. Nooyi, who has worked at PepsiCo since 1994, takes up her new role on 1 October, replacing Steve Reinemund. She moves up from the...