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British Sugar is one of the two main sugar companies in the UK.  The other is [[Tate and Lyle]]
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'''British Sugar''' is one of the two main sugar companies in the UK.  The other is [[Tate and Lyle]].
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British Sugar’s parent company is [[Associated British Foods plc]] (ABF). ABC is a diversified international food, ingredients and retail group with annual sales of £6.0 billion and 75,000 employees in 46 countries.
 
British Sugar’s parent company is [[Associated British Foods plc]] (ABF). ABC is a diversified international food, ingredients and retail group with annual sales of £6.0 billion and 75,000 employees in 46 countries.
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== People ==
 
== People ==
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*[[Mark Carr]] Chief Executive 
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* [[Gino De Jaegher]], Managing Director for the UK and Ireland. De Jaegher was managing director for [[Procter & Gamble]] for the past six years. Previously De Jaegher was Managing Director, UK and Ireland Paper Business Unit with full responsibility for the half billion pound UK and Ireland paper business.
  
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* [[Martin G Adamson]]
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==Affiliations==
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Non-executive director  appointed a director on 11 Oct 1999 and Chairman on 5 Dec 2002.
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*British Sugar is a member of the [[Associate Parliamentary Group for Energy Studies]] - lobbying firm [[Bellenden]] is registered as this group's secretariat as of November 2012 <ref> APPC Register Entry for 1 Sep 2012 to 30 Nov 2012 - group is incorrectly listed by APPC as 'Energy Services' </ref> <ref> House of Commons Register Of All-Party Groups [as at 14 March 2013], [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/energy.htm Parliamentary Group for Energy Studies (an Associate Parliamentary Group)], acc 1 May 2013 </ref>
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He was a senior partner of [[KPMG]] and a member of that firm’s board until 1996.
 
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* [[George G Weston]]
 
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Executive director
 
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George Weston is Chief Executive. He is a graduate of New College Oxford and has an MBA from Harvard Business School. In his former roles as Managing Director of [[Westmill Foods]], [[Allied Bakeries]] and [[George Weston Foods Ltd]] (Australia) he has been a member of the ABF board since 1999. He took up his current appointment in April 2005.
 
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* [[John G Bason]]
 
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Executive director appointed Finance Director in May 1999
 
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He was previously the finance director of [[Bunzl plc]] and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
 
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* [[WG Galen Weston]] OC
 
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Non-executive director since 1964.
 
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He is chairman and president of [[George Weston Limited]], Canada. He is also chairman of [[Selfridges & Co. Limited]] and a non-executive director of [[Wittington Investments Limited]].
 
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* [[Jeffery F Harris]]
 
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Independent non-executive director appointed 21 May 2003.
 
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Chairman of [[Filtrona plc]]. He was non-executive chairman of [[Alliance UniChem plc]] until April 2005, having previously held the positions of chief executive and finance director since joining the group in 1985. He is a chartered accountant and is a non-executive director of [[Bunzl plc]] and [[Anzag AG]].
 
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* [[Timothy Clarke]]
 
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Independent non-executive director appointed a director on 3 November 2004.
 
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He has been chief executive of [[Mitchells & Butlers plc]] since the demerger from [[Six Continents PLC]] in 2003. He joined [[Bass PLC]] in 1990 having previously been a partner of [[Panmure Gordon & Co]].
 
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* [[Michael R Alexander]]
 
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Independent non-executive director appointed 16 Jan 2002.
 
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He spent his earlier career with [[BP plc]] and latterly as chief operating officer of [[Centrica plc]]. He is a former chief executive of [[British Energy Group plc]], a former non-executive director of [[The Energy Savings Trust]] and current chairman of [[GT Solar International Inc]].
 
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* Rt. Hon. Lord [[MacGregor of Pulham Market]], OBE
 
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Senior independent non-executive director since 1994
 
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MP from 1974 to 2001, with 15 years in Government and nine in the Cabinet in five different posts, including Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. He is a director of Friends Provident plc, a non-executive member of the supervisory board of DAF Trucks N.V., and a Life Peer since 2001.
 
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* Lord [[Jay of Ewelme]] GCMG
 
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Independent non-executive director appointed 1 Nov 2006.
 
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British Ambassador to France from 1996 to 2001, Permanent Under Secretary at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office from 2002 to 2006, and the Prime Minister’s Personal Representative for the G8 Summits at Gleneagles and St Petersburg in 2005 and 2006. His early career included time at the World Bank in Washington and the British High Commission in New Delhi.
 
  
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* [[Javier Ferrán]]
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===Lobbying firms===
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Independent non-executive director appointed 1 Nov 2006
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*[[Maitland Consultancy]] currently lists British Sugar as a client.<ref> [http://www.appc.org.uk/members/register/register-profile/?company=Maitland%20Political Register 1st September 2014 - 30th November 2014] ''APPC'', accessed 28 January 2015 </ref>
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He spent his earlier career with [[Bacardi Group]], his last position being president and chief executive officer. He is currently a partner at [[Lion Capital LLP]], a London-based private equity firm. He is a non-executive director of [[Abbot plc]] and vice-chairman of [[William Grant and Sons Limited]].
 
  
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==Notes==
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[[Category:Food Industry in the UK]]
  
  

Latest revision as of 04:19, 29 January 2015

British Sugar is one of the two main sugar companies in the UK. The other is Tate and Lyle.

British Sugar’s parent company is Associated British Foods plc (ABF). ABC is a diversified international food, ingredients and retail group with annual sales of £6.0 billion and 75,000 employees in 46 countries.

People

  • Mark Carr Chief Executive
  • Gino De Jaegher, Managing Director for the UK and Ireland. De Jaegher was managing director for Procter & Gamble for the past six years. Previously De Jaegher was Managing Director, UK and Ireland Paper Business Unit with full responsibility for the half billion pound UK and Ireland paper business.

Affiliations

Lobbying firms

Notes

  1. ↑ APPC Register Entry for 1 Sep 2012 to 30 Nov 2012 - group is incorrectly listed by APPC as 'Energy Services'
  2. ↑ House of Commons Register Of All-Party Groups [as at 14 March 2013], Parliamentary Group for Energy Studies (an Associate Parliamentary Group), acc 1 May 2013
  3. ↑ Register 1st September 2014 - 30th November 2014 APPC, accessed 28 January 2015
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