Executive Council

Executive Council meets to approve policy, agree and review the Federation's strategy, approve arrangements for Governance of the Federation, approve the Budget and subscription levels, to review financial performance against the Budget and to monitor operational performance against agreed outputs and other measurement criteria. Executive Council consists of the President, Vice-President, Chair, Vice Chair and 3rd sector representative from the two sector committees, the Chair and Vice-Chair of the T&L Committee, Past Presidents who remain active in the industry and Honorary Life Members.

Nick Shaw

Commercial Director - WESTBRIDGE FOODS LTD.

BFFF President and Chair - Executive Council

Nick Shaw is the Group Commercial Director for Westbridge with offices in the UK and France, Thailand, China and also work across most of the EU and South America. Nick has extensive experience in both large corporate and SME environments, he brings great experience of international trade in all sectors of the food industry.

General Manager & Director - CARGILL MEATS EUROPE

BFFF Vice-President and Vice-Chair - Executive Council

Cargill Meats Europe is a leading supplier of food products to retail, foodservice and food manufacturing customers in both European and global markets. The company has processing facilities based in Hereford and Wolverhampton employing in the region of 2,000 people in the UK, as well as production plants in Ireland, France and Holland.

Peter Allan is General Manager & Director for Cargill Meats Europe, responsible for the import and distribution business managing the off shore supply chains to the EU market. Peter has been with Cargill for 15 years.

Group Legal Director & Company Secretary - BRAKES

Chair - Wholesale Distribution Committee
WD Committee Chair - Executive Council

Adrian Whitehead - Group Legal Director and Company Secretary of Brake Bros Limited providing legal, trademarks, estate management and insurance advice to the Group.

Brakes is a leading UK supplier to the catering industry of frozen and chilled produce together with fresh fish, fresh produce, bakery products, prime meats and catering equipment.

Group Commercial Director - 3663

Vice-Chair - Wholesale Distribution Committee
WD Committee Vice-Chair - Executive Council

Ian Crawford is Group Commercial Director for 3663, a leading UK foodservice provider supplying an extensive range of fresh, chilled, frozen and ambient food lines, beverages and alcoholic drinks alongside non-food essentials such as cleaning materials and catering equipment.

3663 supply over 55,000 customers across the hospitality industry in the private and public sectors.

Chief Executive - FAIRWAY FOODSERVICE PLC

WD 3rd Representative on Executive Council - Wholesale Distribution Committee
WD Committee 3rd Representative - Executive Council

Fairway Foodservice is owned by 19 foodservice wholesale companies and acts exclusively on behalf of those companies by negotiating with service-suppliers and product manufacturers and co-ordinating the Members purchasing volumes to effect best cost price for the volumes Members deliver.

Chris Binge has been Chief Executive of the Group for 7 years prior to which he was Purchasing Director.

Business Development Director - APETITO LTD.

PIB Committee Chair - Executive Council
Chair - Producer Importer Broker Committee

apetito UK is a leading supplier of frozen food solutions the UK Community Meals, Healthcare and Care Home markets. Ian Stone is Business Development Director responsible for sales, marketing and developing new markets and products across the UK market sectors. Ian has been with the business for 6 years.

Managing Director - THE AUTHENTIC FOOD COMPANY LTD.

Vice-Chair - Producer Importer Broker Committee
PIB Committee Vice-Chair - Executive Council

Nik became MD of TAFC in September 2007. Since being promoted he has restructured the business at both board and middle management level to help achieve the targets he has set for the next five years of development.

The family values the company was founded on are still at the heart of the organisation Nik is proud to lead.

TAFC was founded in 1985.

Technical Sales Director - SUMMIT FOODS LTD.

PIB Committee 3rd Representative - Producer Importer Broker Committee
PIB Committee 3rd Representative - Executive Council

Established 29 years, Summit Foods manufacture frozen microwavable hand held snacks and ready meals under our brand Snacksters and both cooked and raw sausages and burgers for wholesale and further manufacturing. Vanessa joined the business in 1998 and now is the owner. Her role within the business is Technical Sales director, and has a BSc in Food Industry Management.

Proprietor - Meadowbrae Technical Services Ltd.

T&L Committee Chair - Executive Council
Chair - Technical and Legislative Committee
Chair - Health and Safety Working Group

After almost thirty years in corporate life with director level experience at Tesco and Hazlewood Foods I set up my technical and business management company Meadowbrae Technical Services Ltd in 2001. The company specialises in bringing commerciality to the technical sphere and helping companies through challenging periods using both our professional and recruitment skills.

Further details can be found on the website www.drakesvision/meadowbrae.

Group Technical Director - GREGGS PLC

T&L Committee Vice-Chair - Executive Council
Vice-Chair - Technical and Legislative Committee

Greggs is the UK’s leading bakery retailer, specializing in sandwiches, savouries and other baker fresh food on the go. Greggs has over 1400 shops throughout the UK and serves over 5 million customers a week.

Bill Wadsworth has responsibility for technical management systems throughout the supply chain. Previous experience includes production and technical roles within Express Dairies, Iceland, Campbell’s and Northern Foods over more than 25 years.

Chief Executive - APETITO LTD.

Immediate Past BFFF President (2008 - 2010) - Executive Council

Paul Freeston is Chief Executive of apetito UK, President of apetito Canada and a Director of the International apetito Group. apetito is a major international frozen food manufacture and service provider with a particular emphasis on care markets (such as hospitals, care homes, meals on wheels). In addition to his role at BFFF he is also a Deputy President of the Food & Drink Federation.

Managing Director - PARAMOUNT 21 LTD.

Active Past BFFF President (2001-2003) & BFFF Trustee - Executive Council

Ali Hannaford started Paramount 21- specialists in Seafood and Vegetarian frozen products for the foodservices industry – in 1988. The company employs 50 staff, has a turnover of £6.4m and has won numerous awards for their fish pies, fishcakes and their vegetarian lines.

Ali is a Past President of BFFF, Member of Executive Council, Chair of the Audit Committee and one of the BFFF’s three trustees

Chairman - DAWNFRESH SEAFOODS LTD.

Active Past BFFF President (1995-1997) - Executive Council

SALVESEN, Alastair E. H. Chairman of Dawnfresh Seafoods, Scot Trout, RR Spink and Daniels Sweet Herring, who are the UK’s largest grower, smoker, processor and seller of trout, a major processor of scampi and fish cakes.

Alastair is a past president of BFFF, Royal Highland Agricultural Soc. Of Scotland, on the Council of the Shellfish Assoc of GB, Liveryman of the Worshipful Co. of Fishmongers. Interests include farming and contemporary Scottish art.

Buying Director - ICELAND FOODS LTD.

Executive Council

Nigel Broadhurst is the Buying Director of Iceland Foods. Iceland, a specialist frozen food retailer, is one of Britain’s fastest-growing and most innovative retailers, recognised by the 2009 Sunday Times survey as one of the best companies to work for in the UK.

Nigel is responsible for the buying department who source all products and develop the strong Iceland brand.

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Executive Council

Nick Shaw

Peter Allan

Adrian Whitehead

Ian Crawford

Chris Binge

Ian Stone

Nik Basran

Vanessa Lewis

Vince Craig

Bill Wadsworth

Paul Freeston

Alison Hannaford

Alastair Salvesen

Nigel Broadhurst