McBride

Group management team

Colin McIntyre

Colin McIntyre
UK Divisional Managing Director

Colin joined McBride in 1990 and has progressed though the company to his current position over the past 18 years. He was appointed to his current role in July 2008.

Andrea Barbier

Andrea Barbier
Western Continental Europe Divisional Managing Director

Andrea joined McBride in May 2009 as the Divisional Managing Director for our WCE division.

Andrea has an MBA from Bocconi University and a Law Degree from Milan. Most recently, Andrea was President and CEO of Yves St Laurent, Paris, and prior to this was General Manager, Latin America, for L'Oréal Paris. His early career was with Kraft Foods in Italy in sales and marketing.

Grzegorz Krol

Grzegorz Krol
Central and Eastern Europe Divisional Managing Director

Grzegorz joined McBride in February 2009 as the Divisional Managing Director for the enlarged Central and Eastern Europe business unit, which now includes business in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Greg has a PhD from the London School of Economics and was most recently Managing Director for Nestle UK chilled foods. He has extensive experience internationally including assignments covering Austria and Germany. He was Managing Director for Zielona Budka, the leading Polish ice cream manufacturer.

Thibaut Eissautier

Thibaut Eissautier
Group Purchasing Director

Thibaut was appointed Group Purchasing Director of McBride in July 2007. Prior to joining McBride, Thibaut was Vice President International Purchasing at Scotts Miracle-Gro for 4 years, and before that he worked for 15 years at Procter & Gamble.

Gary Saunders

Gary Saunders
Business Development Director

Gary has recently moved to take up a new role in the company as Business Development Director. In this role he will lead a number of projects that have been identified as key to the achievement of our Corporate Plan and the long-term success of the company. Gary managed the West Central Europe division since joining the company in January 2006. During this time, he has overseen a 40% growth in the size of the business and the successful integration of the Dasty and Chemolux acquisitions.

Tim Seaman

Tim Seaman
International Business Development Director

Following 7 years as UK divisional Managing Director, Tim now has responsibility for developing growth market opportunities outside our core markets. He is also responsible for our growing Far East Operations and has been with the company for 25 years.

Malcolm Allan

Malcolm Allan
Group HR Director

Malcolm joined McBride in 1987, and has been Group HR Director since 1993.

Bob Beveridge

Bob Beveridge
Company Secretary and Head of Strategy and Aqcuisitions

Bob Beveridge joined McBride in May 2006 as Group Finance Director and was previously Finance Director of Marlborough Stirling plc and Cable & Wireless Communications plc.

Richard Armitage

Richard Armitage
Group Finance Director

Richard Armitage was appointed Group Finance Director of McBride in November 2009.

Richard was previously Finance Director of Premier Foods' Grocery Division. Prior to that, he spent 16 years in the chemical industry, working for ICI and Courtaulds in a number of senior financial management positions.

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