Mark Allen become chair on Jan 1 (Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor) - London, 04 Sep - Hilton Food announced the appointment of Mark Allen as a non-executive director and chair designate with effect from October 1. He will become chair of the board from January 1, at which time Robert Watson will step down from the board, after more than 20 years with the business.

Allen will also join the nomination committee and assume the committee chair role from January 1.

He is currently chair of AG Barr, a role he took up in March 2022. Allen was previously CEO at Dairy Crest Group from 2007 to 2019 and has held non-executive director roles at Halo Foods, Warburtons, Dairy UK, Howden Joinery Group and Norcros, where he was chair.

Watson joined Hilton Food as chief executive in 2002 and became executive chairman in 2018. He transitioned to a non-executive role in January 2021.

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