Ireland’s Musgrave Group has announced that Noel Keeley, the current Managing Director of its wholesale business, will become its new Chief Executive. He will take up the position on 1 January 2020, following a handover period with current CEO Chris Martin, who announced earlier this year that he planned to stand down.
The company highlighted that as boss of its Wholesale Partners unit, Keeley had transformed the Musgrave MarketPlace format to become Ireland’s leading wholesale business. He has also led the growth of the SuperValu and Centra chains in Northern Ireland and was responsible for the acquisition of fine food specialist La Rousse Foods. Keeley joined Musgrave in 2005 and was Group HR Director before he took up his current role in 2010.
Commenting on the appointment, Musgrave’s Chairman, Nicky Hartery, said: “He will bring his vast experience to bear as we build on our Growing Good Business strategy. Under Noel’s leadership our wholesale and food service business has become the market leader across the island of Ireland and he has driven the growth of SuperValu and Centra in Northern Ireland.
“We would like to thank Chris Martin for his leadership over the past fifteen years, having firmly established Musgrave as Ireland’s leading food retail, wholesale and foodservice company.”
