Unitas Wholesale has appointed Kirsty Cooper as its new Commercial Director after Aoife Kenny announced that she would be stepping down from the role.
Cooper, who will join the business on 13 November, is currently Commercial Director at Acosta Europe. Prior to that, she held senior roles at Capri-Sun, Britvic, CCEP, Red Bull, Greene King and Ramsden International. She said: “I am looking forward to joining the team at Unitas, this is a great business with some of the UK’s biggest and best wholesalers and I can’t wait to support them to deliver their strategic objectives.”
Unitas MD, John Kinney, commented: “I am delighted that Kirsty has accepted the offer to be our Commercial Director. We have ambitious plans for Unitas, and Kirsty will be instrumental in helping to deliver on these.”
Kenny joined Unitas from A.F. Blakemore early last year and focused on the strategic direction of the wholesale buying group. She said: “After 18 enjoyable months, the time is now right for me to move on to new challenges. It’s been a pleasure to work alongside John and the team as we’ve reviewed many different areas of the business, including central services, own brand and digital transformation.”
Kinney added: “Aoife has been instrumental in the formation of the Unitas strategy and has been a great asset to our business. I thank her for all her hard work, and we wish her every success in her next career move.”
