Leadership

Gavin was appointed Chief Executive Officer in February 2013. Gavin has a strong consumer goods pedigree and extensive senior leadership experience. He spent fifteen years at the Coca-Cola Company in various senior positions, including Division President roles for North West Europe and Central Europe. Prior to joining Premier Foods, Gavin served as CEO of Cable & Wireless Worldwide plc, leading a successful turnaround of the business before negotiating its eventual sale to Vodafone plc. Previously he worked at Vodafone plc for nine years, during which time he served as UK CEO and CEO of Americas, Africa, India and China. Earlier in his career Gavin held various sales and marketing roles in S.C Johnson and Spillers Foods. He graduated with a degree in Management Science from the University of Manchester. Gavin served as a non-executive director for Intertek plc between 2009 and 2011. Gavin is responsible for the executive management of the Group and ensuring the overall implementation of the strategic plan within approved budgets and timescales.

Mark joined Premier Foods as Chief Financial Officer in December 2011. Prior to joining the Group Mark served as Chief Financial Officer of SSL International plc where he gained extensive experience of working with global brands during his six years including strategic and day-to-day financial management, executive Board responsibilities and investor relations. Prior to this he was Group Finance Director of Porvair plc and also held senior roles at Caradon plc. Mark served as a non-executive director of Brixton plc between 2008 and 2009. Mark trained as a Chartered Accountant with Arthur Andersen. Mark is responsible for overseeing the financial operations of the Group and setting its financial strategy in conjunction with the Board. He also oversees the overall framework for financial forecasting, planning analysis and reporting. During 2012 Mark has been responsible for the financial aspects of the disposal programme.

David joined the Board as a non-executive director in January 2008 and was appointed Chairman in June 2012. After qualifying as a Chartered Engineer, David has spent most of his career in the financial sector. He was a Vice-Chairman of S. G. Warburg where he handled many corporate finance transactions for major UK and international companies. He was later a board member of KPMG and Chairman of Corporate Finance and was previously Chairman of several major companies including London & Continental Railways Limited and Volex plc. He has also been a non-executive director of a large number of companies including Stobart Group Ltd., Servomex Limited, TLS plc and Paragon Group of Companies plc. David was appointed Chairman in June 2012 having previously been the Senior Independent Director. As Chairman he is responsible for leading the Board and ensuring it operates in an effective manner, setting Board agendas and ensuring sufficient time is available for discussing key strategic issues. He is also responsible for promoting constructive relations between the executive and non-executive directors and ensuring effective communication with shareholders. During 2012 David introduced two new non-executive directors, Ian Krieger and Jennifer Laing. David also managed the orderly CEO succession process with the appointment of Gavin Darby. David is a Member of the Board of Trustees at the University of London.

Charles joined the Board as a non-executive director in June 2009. Charles is a Senior Advisor at Warburg Pincus LLC and prior to this was an International Adviser at Goldman Sachs International from 2001 until 2005. Charles worked with Unilever plc for over 30 years, the last five years of which he served as a Director of Finance and then Foods. He held a wide range of financial and general management positions in the UK, the Netherlands and India. Charles was Chief Executive Officer and then Chairman at ICI plc from 1994 to 2001. He has non-executive director of Midland Bank and HSBC Holdings PLC and served as Chairman of Scottish Power plc between 2000 and 2007. Charles has extensive commercial experience both as an executive director of a number of multinational companies and also in advising a range of financial organisations. Charles is a member of the international advisory council for Principal Financial in the USA and also Chairman of Firstsource UK Ltd and is a director of Firstsource Solutions Ltd.

Ian joined the Board as a non-executive director in November 2012. Ian has a wealth of business, accounting and finance experience gained during a 40 year career, first with Arthur Andersen and, from 2002, with Deloitte. He was a senior partner and Vice-Chairman at Deloitte until his retirement in 2012. Previous management responsibilities included heading the Corporate Finance Practice, the London Corporate Audit Division and the Private Equity Practice. Ian has significant boardroom experience and has worked with a wide variety of companies throughout his career, including many in the consumer goods sector. Ian qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Arthur Andersen. Ian has extensive financial experience and expertise which is utilised by the Board in his capacity as Chairman of the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee has responsibility for monitoring the integrity of the Group's financial reporting systems, financial controls and the effectiveness of the internal audit function. Ian is a Director of Anthony Nolan where he is Chairman of the Audit Committee.

Jennifer joined the Board as a non-executive director in October 2012. Jennifer has over 30 years experience in brand building and communications including 16 years with Saatchi & Saatchi, twice as Chairman of the London office, and culminating in her role as Chairman and CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi North America. In the early 1990s she led her own advertising agency, Laing Henry, which was subsequently sold to Saatchi & Saatchi. From 2002 to 2007 Jennifer was Associate Dean, External Relations at London Business School. Jennifer has extensive brand building experience which is utilised by the Board. Jennifer is currently a non-executive director of InterContinental Hotels Group plc where she chairs the Corporate Responsibility Committee, and of Hudson Global, Inc., a global recruitment company, where she is Chairman of the Compensation Committee.

Pam joined the Board as a non-executive director in May 2013. Pam has more than 20 years marketing experience developing some of the world’s leading consumer brands. Most recently, she was the Group Strategy and Innovation Director for SAB Miller, one of the world’s leading brewers. Pam spent nine years at SAB Miller in senior management roles during which time she helped transform the marketing performance of the Company, including the development and implementation of the first Group-wide commercial strategy. Prior to that Pam held numerous marketing roles in the home and personal care sector during a 13 year career at Unilever plc, culminating in her role as global Vice President of the Skin Care category. During her time at Unilever, Pam was most closely associated with Dove, which more than doubled revenue to become Unilever's first billion dollar brand. Pam holds a degree in Economics from Duke University in North Carolina and an MBA in Marketing from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke.

David joined the Board in March 2011. David was Chief Executive Officer of Halfords Group plc until July 2012 and was previously with Walmart where he was Senior Vice-President of US New Business Development and President of Walmart Germany. Earlier in his career he was with Tesco plc (1985 to 2003) where he held a variety of roles including 10 years in Buying and 6 years as Chief Executive of Tesco Central Europe. David brings over 25 years' retailing experience, gained at two world-leading businesses and the skills and ability to develop growth strategies. David is Chairman of the Remuneration Committee which is responsible for determining the overall remuneration strategy for executive directors and senior management. As Senior Independent Director he has responsibility for meeting with other non-executive directors to review the Chairman's performance and is available to shareholders to discuss their concerns.

Brian joined the business in 1994 as Head of Personnel for the Canned Foods Division. His responsibilities have since been extended to embrace all HR activities across the Group. He was appointed to the Group Executive in October 2006. Prior to joining Premier Foods, Brian held HR and Operational roles in Chrysler UK, K Shoes, Metal Box and Smurfit Packaging. Brian's key responsibilities include leadership development, talent management, remuneration, resourcing and employee relations management across the business.

Ian joined Premier Foods in 2011 as Group Sales Director and was also appointed as Commercial Director Grocery in November 2012. He previously spent 20 years with Coca-Cola Enterprises Ltd (CCE), including nine years as a member of the GB board. Most recently, Ian held the position of Vice-President, Sales and Customer Development, prior to which he held other senior positions in sales, marketing and communications at CCE. In his early career, he worked in the beer and tobacco industries. Ian is responsible for marketing, innovation and sales of our ambient grocery and cake portfolio. This includes, all aspects of commercial strategy and customer management, and the delivery of revenue, profitability and market-share metrics for the Grocery brands.

Mark joined Premier Foods and the Group Executive in 2007 following the acquisition of RHM. Mark joined RHM in 2003 as Divisional Services Director (Bread Bakeries) and became a member of the Bread Bakeries Division Executive in 2004 and was Group Procurement and Logistics Director and a member of the Group Executive of RHM in 2006. Mark was previously director at Archer Daniels Midland Milling (UK) and has held a number of senior positions with Associated British Foods plc. Mark's key responsibilities are the control and risk management of c. £1.3bn of spend on ingredients, packaging, energy, machinery, facilities, engineering, marketing and all corporate spend. Responsibilities include ensuring the Group remains competitive and well placed within a changing market through the provision of innovative procurement processes, policies, stakeholder engagement and external supplier relationship management.

Richard joined Premier Foods in 2011 as Group Corporate Affairs Director. Previously, Richard had spent a total of 18 years with Kraft Foods (now Mondelez International) during which time he held senior corporate affairs roles across a number of businesses and geographies, including the UK, Belgium and the US. Most recently he was Corporate Affairs Director for Kraft Foods' European business based at the company's headquarters in Switzerland. He was also Vice-President Corporate Affairs for McDonald's Europe and earlier in his career, he worked for the Food and Drink Federation. Richard's key responsibilities are leading the Group's internal and external communications, media relations, pubic affairs, sustainability and community relations activities.

Bob joined Premier Foods as Group Operations Director in April 2007. In October 2011 Bob was appointed Group Supply Chain Director with responsibility for the Group's combined Operations, Technical and Procurement functions and in October 2012 took on additional responsibility as Managing Director of the Bread division, where he is responsible for all aspects of the Bread business, including full P&L responsibility. Before joining the Group, Bob was Group Supply Chain Director for Northern Foods' Pastry Products business and prior to that held senior operational and supply chain roles with ICI Paints and Sara Lee. Bob's key responsibilities are leading and implementing the Group's manufacturing, logistics, procurement, technical and innovation strategy across the businesses and full responsibility for the Bread division's P&L.

Andrew joined the Company in November 2011 as General Counsel & Company Secretary. Prior to this he held the same position at Uniq plc, before its acquisition by the Greencore Group. Andrew is a qualified solicitor and worked as a corporate lawyer at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer before moving into industry. He is a law graduate of Manchester University. Andrew has responsibility for the legal, company secretarial and internal audit functions and is actively involved in business development and key operational issues facing the business. He is on the steering group of all corporate and strategic projects pursued by the Group. He also supports the Chairman with the management of the Board to ensure it fulfils its corporate governance obligations.

Mark joined the Group in early 2005 as Director of IS & Change Management. Following the acquisition of RHM, he assumed the role of Group IS & Change Director. Mark started his career at Unilever plc where he spent 17 years working in a number of businesses and geographies. He then moved to United Biscuits as IS Director prior to joining Premier Foods. Mark's key responsibilities include managing the Information Services function and delivering major system and change programmes into the business.