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Movers
Stephen Clarke to step down from WH Smith
Carl Cowling will replace Clarke on 1 November
Tesco wine buying manager leaves to join Yellow Tail owner Casella
Dawn Webster-Smith will take up her new role as an account controller on Casella’s sales team from 28 May
FrieslandCampina promotes Will Jones to MD
Jones was the supplier’s grocery and marketing director after joining in 2015 from travel business TUI
Pret a Manger appoints three new non-executive directors to board
Food safety advisor Tim Smith is among the new appointments
Alan Brown departs Asda for CJ Lang distribution role
Brown joins from Asda where he was general manager of logistics services in London
Spar UK appoints Louise Hoste as new MD
Hoste is currently executive commercial director at Card Factory
Midcounties Co-op names Halfords' Clare Moore as HR chief
Moore has also previously worked for Barclaycard, Rolls-Royce and Aston Martin Lagonda
Veganuary hires new CEO in preparation for international expansion
Activist Ria Rehberg has previously worked on the Million Dollar Vegan campaign set up by Veganuary’s founders
Holland & Barrett appoints Tony Buffin as CEO
Buffin will take over from Peter Aldis after resigned in March
Selfridges promotes Alannah Weston to chair
She took over the role on 1 May from her father, W Galen Weston
Dairy Crest CEO Mark Allen steps down
Allen, who has held the post for 12 years, has been replaced by his deputy Tom Atherton
Treasury Wine Estates boss Michelle Brampton joins WSTA board
WSTA chairman Dan Jago said Brampton’s ‘wealth of experience will help strengthen the WSTA executive team’
Co-op names Shirine Khoury-Haq as new CFO
Khoury-Haq will replace Ian Ellis who announced his retirement last November
Asda George MD Nick Jones leaves amid management shake-up
Derek Lawlor has been promoted to SVP food and GM at Asda
Haloodies hires three sales and operations bosses
Mari Kallas has been hired as operations manager, and will be responsible for its operations and supply chain management
Meadow Foods grows senior team with two appointments
Gary Lambert has joined the Cheshire-based business as its new head of strategic operations
Simon Webster joins Lincoln & York as first finance director
His arrival comes ’at a time of profound change’ for the Northamptonshire own-label coffee specialist
Godiva appoints new UK boss Olivier de Mendez
De Mendez has 25 years of experience in retail, food and beverage
M&S to recruit head of data science
The annual salary for the role has been advertised as between £175,000 to £200,000
Filippo Berio hires Andy Coult as UK sales director
Coult joins from world food wholesale specialist Surya Foods