Board of Directors

Anthony Fry

Chairman (54)

Appointed as a Non-Executive Director in July 2007 and as Chairman on 1 January 2010. He is Senior Adviser of Evercore Partners in the firm's London office. He has previously held senior appointments at Lehman Brothers, Credit Suisse and the Rothschild Group in a career in merchant banking which spanned more than 30 years. He is currently a non executive director of Control Risks and the BBC Trust and has served on the boards of Mowlem, The British Standards Institution and Southern Water as well as numerous not-for-profit organisations.

Mark Allen

Chief Executive (50)

Appointed to the board of directors in 2002 becoming Chief Executive in January 2007. He joined Dairy Crest in August 1991 and was formerly with Shell UK Ltd. He is also chairman of Dairy UK Limited and a member of the leadership team and a trustee for the Prince's Countryside fund.

Alastair Murray

Finance Director (49)

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.

Martyn Wilks

Executive Managing Director (52)

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.

Andrew Carr-Locke

Non-Executive Director (56)

Appointed to the board of Dairy Crest in August 2009 as a non executive director. A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, he is executive chairman of Countryside Properties plc.l He has previously held senior finance positions at Courtaulds Textiles, Diageo, Bowater Scott and Kodak and was Group Finance Director at George Wimpey plc until 2007. He has previously held non-executive directorships at Royal Mail Holdings, Venture Production and AWG.

Howard Mann O.B.E.

Non-Executive Director (63)

Appointed as a non executive director in May 2003. He was President and Chief Executive of McCain Foods Limited, Toronto, Canada from May 1995 to May 2004. He previously held a number of senior positions with Rank Hovis McDougall and has held non executive directorships with The Body Shop International plc, Endurance Speciality Insurance (USA) and Wild Group GmbH (Germany). He is non-executive chairman of Reconomy Holdings Limited. Howard Mann acts as Dairy Crest's senior independent director.

Carole Piwnica

Non-Executive Director (52)

Appointed as a non executive director in July 2007. She practices law in Europe and in the US is a senior consultant to NAXOS Capital Partners. She is also a non executive director of Aviva and Toepfer, as well as a member of Monsanto's Sustainable Yield Advisory Council. Previous senior appointments include chairmanship of Amylum Group and vice chairmanship of Tate & Lyle.

Robin Miller

Company Secretary (39)

Appointed in April 2008. He is a solicitor having worked in private practice, and in-house in both retail and international manufacturing, latterly with Gallaher Group Plc.