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Movers
Coke’s Jon Woods will be a hands-on FDF president for a turbulent time
Woods is a spikier figure than his predecessor, Gavin Darby
Coke GB general manager Jon Woods to take over as FDF president
Darby has held the role for the past three years and Woods has agreed to a two-year term
Former Morrisons exec Belinda Youngs takes over as Cooplands CEO
The CEO position is a newly created role for the bakery
Coral Rose appointed first female chairman of the FWD
Rose will succeed Bidfood CEO Andrew Selley, who has been in the position since 2017
Martin Race takes over as Parfetts trust board chairman
The board comprises joint MDs Greg Suszczenia and David Grimes together with two employee-elected members
Alexei Cowan made Wilko Retail’s first head of design
Previously Cowan worked as head of design for Home Retail Group
Majestic’s next era will be built on foundations laid by Rowan Gormley
Just when you thought it was safe to close the book on the Majestic sale saga
Pret’s chief customer officer Barnaby Dawe steps down
Dawe joined Pret in October 2018 after three years as global chief marketing officer at Just Eat
Naked founder Rowan Gormley to step down as losses mount
The founder of Naked Wines shocked the City on Thursday by stepping down, as the online retailer’s losses continue to mount
Musgrave CEO Chris Martin joins Wilko board
Martin will take up the role as a non-executive director in January and will chair the audit and risk committee
Dole appoints Isabelle Spindler as its new European boss
Formerly chief exec at Dutch green energy group Qurrent, Spindler also becomes part of Dole’s global leadership team
Britvic names Phil Sanders as out of home commercial director
will be suceeded as at home commercial director by Ben Parker
WSTA taps Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Berry Bros in influx of new board members
It has welcomed two supermarkets, a fine wine and spirit merchant, a champagne house and a glass manufacturer into the boardroom
David McKnight made MD at Co-op’s Federal Retail and Trading Services group
Most recently, McKnight was strategy and trading director at Tesco
RH Amar appoints Justin Burbage as sales director
Role will include developing new sales opportunities
John Mills to step down as Unitas Wholesale deputy MD
Retail director John Kinney has been promoted to the new position of sales and marketing director
David Phillips steps down as Matthew Clark MD
Phillips rejoined Matthew Clark as MD in 2018 after former owner Conviviality collapsed
James Watson steps up to William Jackson Food Group CEO role
Norman Soutar has stepped down after almost 14 years at the head of the company
Former Tesco director Burcu Kerpicci takes up COO role at Poundstretcher
Kerpicci left Tesco in 2018 to work as a coach for training company Adler in Istanbul
Symington’s names Fox’s David Cox as new CEO
Cox is set to start his new role om Monday 4 November