Executive Directors

Mark Allen

Chief Executive (50) ◊ Δ

Appointed a Director in July 2002 and became Chief Executive in January 2007. He joined Dairy Crest in August 1991 and was formerly with Shell U.K. Ltd. He is also Chairman of Dairy UK Ltd and a member of the leadership team and a trustee for the Prince’s Countryside fund.

“In my 19 years at Dairy Crest we have transformed the business from a commodity dairy company to a modern, innovative European food company. Since I took over as Chief Executive 3½ years ago I have been determined to ensure that the business has a strong consumer focus. This has meant that innovation takes on a much more important role as support to our marketing and promotional campaigns. This focus will benefit all our stakeholders. I am proud to be part of this process and look forward to the business building on the strong momentum we now have”

Alastair Murray

Finance Director (49) Δ

Appointed in September 2003. He was Finance Director of The Body Shop International plc from January 1999 and was previously Finance Director of Dalgety Food Ingredients Limited.

“In my seven years at Dairy Crest we have made great strides to improve the quality of our earnings and reduce risk in the business. During my time as Finance Director we have disposed of the commodity businesses that made earnings so unpredictable and given ourselves much greater stability. Dairy Crest is now a broadly based business that is as likely to prosper whether milk prices go up or down. We have also made real progress in how we use information technology – as amply demonstrated by milk&more”

Martyn Wilks

Executive Managing Director (52) Δ

Appointed in January 2008. He was President of the Snackfood Division of Masterfoods USA, and has held senior management positions within the Mars and Masterfoods Groups including Managing Director of Mars, France.

“I joined Dairy Crest because I was excited by the challenge of developing some potentially strong food brands at an important time in their history. The progress we have made is most encouraging. We are doing the right thing by increasing our investment in marketing despite a challenging macro-economic background and in both UK and France our brands are well placed to continue to perform strongly. At the same time we continue to strengthen our manufacturing capability and our systems and processes for innovation”