Campden BRI Names New CEO

In the UK, food and drink sector research and support organisation Campden BRI has announced that current COO Pete Headridge will become Chief Executive on 1st January 2021, following the retirement of Chris Huscroft.

Campden BRI has more than 2,500 member companies from 80 countries, including all the top ten UK retailers and the top fifteen global food and drink manufacturers. The organisation provides technical, legislative and scientific support and research to the food and drinks industry worldwide, and also conducts sensory and consumer studies, including for its specialist brewing and wine division.

Headridge (pictured) joined at the beginning of the year with more than 27 years' experience in the food industry, having previously served as VP of R&D, Quality, Nutrition (Health & Wellness) & Regulatory EMEA at the Kellogg Company, where he worked for more than two decades. Huscroft joined two years ago after a seventeen-year career with CSM Bakery Solutions, and earlier time at Unilever and P&G, and has served as CEO of Campden BRI since January, when former CEO Steven Walker left after 33 years with the business.

Tim Holmes, Chairman of the Campden BRI Group, said: 'The effort that Chris has put into Campden BRI over the past year to adapt the organisation to a very different world has been immense and is something that the Board and I are very thankful for. The Board and I would like to thank Chris for his commitment and excellent stewardship of the business throughout a difficult year and wish him well for his well-deserved retirement. We look forward to working with Pete and the senior team as Campden BRI moves into the next exciting phase of its evolution'.

Web site: www.campdenbri.co.uk .

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