The Vegan Kind, an online plant-based grocery retailer, has announced the appointment of Tony Buffin as its new Chairman.
He stepped down from the CEO role at health & wellness retailer Holland & Barrett in 2020.
Buffin is the founder of Tecsa, a digital ecosystem and analytics software development business providing services to retailers and banks, and Chairman of Highbourne Group, the UK’s largest multi-channel Plumbing & Heating group.
He previously held a number of senior management roles, including as COO of Travis Perkins, CFO of Australia-based grocer Coles, and CEO of the Loyalty Management Group.
The Vegan Kind noted that Buffin’s broad range of industry skills will support its expansion plans as more consumers switch to plant-based diets.
Buffin commented: “I am delighted to be joining The Vegan Kind to help Scott, Karris and the entire team continue to build their wonderful business. Their mission is to make it easy for everyone to buy exciting plant-based food at affordable prices and help us all to live healthier.
“The switch to plant-based diets is vital to avoid the worst impacts of climate change so it’s truly inspiring to be helping consumers be kinder to themselves and to the planet at the same time.”
Scott McCulloch, co-founder of The Vegan Kind, said: “In the short time we have been working together, Tony’s advice and knowledge has been simply invaluable. The Vegan Kind has evolved so much as a company in the last 18 months, and starting 2022 with Tony’s board-level input on all the strategic changes we have in our pipeline is both humbling and exciting in equal measure. Excited to get to work!”
