Young’s Seafood announced the appointment of Mark Richmond as its new Group Operations Director, tasked with overseeing all the company’s manufacturing operations. He replaces Steve Lidgett who is retiring.
Prior to joining Young’s, Richmond was the Divisional Operations Director for the 2 Sisters Food Group Meals Solution Division, responsible for operations across seven sites with over half a billion pounds of turnover. Before that, he spent 11 years with Greencore, most recently as Category Operations Director, and formerly held several senior Operational roles at Hazlewood Foods and Entenmanns Baking Company.
The appointment follows the recent release of Young’s first quarter figures, which showed solid underlying performance, growth with key customers in own label and foodservice and continued growth in branded sales.
Bill Showalter, Chief Executive of Young’s Seafood, said: “I’m pleased to announce that Mark Richmond will join our business as Group Operations Director, and member of the Young’s Seafood Ltd Board. Throughout his career, Mark has driven best in class quality, commercial and customer focussed organisations that are able to succeed in demanding industries.”
His appointment will take effect in mid May 2019.
