Board Of Directors

Dairy Crest’s board of directors has broad and relevant experience from the commerce, banking and farming sectors. Its experienced management team has a proven track record and a clear strategy for growing the business.

Anthony Fry, Chairman (55)

Appointed as a Non-executive Director in July 2007 and as Chairman on 1 January 2010. Until March 2011 he was Senior Adviser of Evercore Partners in the firm’s London office. He has previously held senior appointments at Lehman Brothers, Credit Suisse and the Rothschild Group in a career in merchant banking which has spanned more than 30 years. In November 2010 he was appointed Chairman of Cala Group Limited and in March 2011 he was appointed Chairman of Espirito Santo Investment Bank UK. He is a Non-executive Director of Control Risks and the BBC Trust and has served on the boards of Mowlem, The British Standards Institution and Southern Water as well as numerous not-for-profit organisations.

Mark Allen, Chief Executive (51)

Appointed a director in 2002 and became Chief Executive in January 2007. He joined Dairy Crest in August 1991. He was formerly with Shell UK Ltd. He is Chairman of The Prince’s Rural Action Programme and a Trustee for The Prince’s Countryside Fund. He is Vice Chairman of Dairy UK and a Non-executive Director of Howdens Joinery Plc.

Alastair Murray, Finance Director (50)

Appointed in September 2003. He was Finance Director of The Body Shop International plc from January 1999 and was previously Finance Director of Dalgety Food Ingredients Limited.

Martyn Wilks, Executive Managing Director (53)

Appointed in January 2008. He was President of the Snackfood Division of Masterfoods USA, and has held senior management positions within the Mars and Masterfoods Groups including Managing Director of Mars, France.

Stephen Alexander, Non-Executive Director (55)

Appointed as a Non-executive Director in January 2011. He is Chairman of Look Ahead Housing and Care, a charitable housing association and until February 2011, was Chairman of Maltby Capital Ltd (parent company of EMI Group). He has served as Chief Executive of Hillsdown Holdings Ltd (then parent company of Premier Foods) and held senior positions with Allied Domecq PLC and Imperial Group. He was also Senior Independent Director at Devro plc.

Andrew Carr-Locke, Non-Executive Director (57)

Appointed as a Non-executive Director in August 2009. A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, he has previously held senior finance positions at Courtaulds Textiles, Diageo, Bowater Scott and Kodak and was Group Finance Director at George Wimpey plc until 2007. He has previously held non-executive directorships at Royal Mail Holdings, Venture Production and AWG. In April 2010 he was appointed Executive Chairman of Countryside Properties PLC.

Sue Farr, Non-Executive Director (55)

Appointed as a non executive director in November 2011. She is a member of the Executive Management Team of Chime Communications PLC, a position she has held since 2003. Served as Marketing Director of the BBC for 7 years, Director of Corporate Affairs, Thames Television for 3 years and Director of Corporate Communications, Vauxhall Motors. She is also a Trustee of the Historic Royal Palaces and a Non Executive Director of Motivcom plc.

Richard Macdonald, Non-Executive Director (56)

Appointed as a Non-executive Director in November 2010. He had a 30 year career with the National Farmers Union, serving as Director General for 13 years. He is a Non-executive Director of Moy Park Limited, Chairman of Safe and Local Supplier Approval and Chairman of DEFRA’s Better Regulation Task Force. He is also a governor of The Royal Agricultural College Cirencester and is a member of the board of the National Institute of Agricultural Botany.

Howard Mann O.B.E., Non-Executive Director (64)

Appointed as a Non-executive Director in May 2003 and was President and Chief Executive of McCain Foods Limited, Toronto, Canada from May 1995 to May 2004. He previously held a number of senior positions with Rank Hovis McDougall and has held non-executive directorships with The Body Shop International plc, Endurance Speciality Insurance (USA), Wild Group gmbh (Germany) and Reconomy Holdings Limited.

Robin Miller, Company Secretary (40)

Appointed in April 2008. He is a solicitor having worked in private practice, and in-house in both retail and international manufacturing, latterly with Gallaher Group Plc