FIRST MILK - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Farmer Member - Lanarkshire
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Chairman of the Board of Directors
Chris has a strong track record of successful leadership in the food and dairy sectors, having held senior executive and non-executive positions across a range of businesses including Tulip UK, Adelie Foods, Bakkavor, St. Ivel, PepsiCo and Mars. He is currently non-executive Chairman of G's Convenience Foods and Street Eats Food Ltd and a non-executive director of Espersen.
Frank is an experienced finance professional having held Chief Financial Officer roles in multinational manufacturing and industrial businesses including Lafarge, Honeywell and Novar Plc. He is now the Chief Financial Officer of family-run property development and investment business, Surplus Property Solutions.
Greg joined First Milk in 2010 and held several senior management and executive roles in finance and commercial before being appointed as chief financial officer and joining the board in September 2017.
Greg has many years dairy experience. Prior to First Milk he was with Lactalis McLelland as Industrial Finance Director.
Job Titles:
- Farmer Member - Staffordshire
In addition to his Non-Exec role at First Milk, Michael is Chief Executive at NISA. Before this he was Chief Commercial Officer at Co-op Food.
Prior to joining the Co-op, he worked at Tesco in a number of senior director-level commercial roles, both in the UK, Europe and Asia.
Job Titles:
- Vice Chairman and Farmer Director
Mike farms in partnership with his brother Peter at Pelcomb Farm near Haverfordwest. The 650-acre farm runs a 450-cow autumn block calving herd.
Mike has previously Chaired the Welsh Assembly Dairy Strategy Group and been a member of its Dairy Task Force.
Job Titles:
- Farmer Member - South Wales
Scott farms in partnership with his brother Matthew at Home Farm on the Rosneath Peninsula. The 800-acre farm runs a 360-cow Holstein herd.
Scott served the maximum three terms of office on the First Milk Member Council, covering areas in Scotland and Wales. He is also an assessor for NFU Mutual.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of Members' Council
Shelagh has more than 30 years' experience in the food and agricultural supply sectors.
Prior to joining First Milk as CEO in 2017 she held several senior executive positions in UK dairy food companies including at the farmer-owned co-operative Milk Link and Glanbia Foods and in a family-owned business, Medina Dairy. She originally trained as an animal nutritionist and worked for more than 10 years in the agricultural supply sector.