robin walker

 Chairman

A professional and experienced board-level Business Leader with a strong track record over 40 years of success gained in driving business change and organisational improvement within the international food industry who is now building a portfolio career within both the commercial and the charity sector. Operating at both Executive and Non-Executive level there is significant experience of stepping into businesses and hitting the ground running both in UK Plc’s at board level and in both European and American business cultures at UK board level. Experience with household name brands (e.g. Heinz, Weight Watchers, Carlsberg, HP, Lea & Perrins, Jacobs etc.) at a UK and Global level in blue chip companies such as Danone, Heinz, Carlsberg, Imperial Group, Northern Foods.


Expertise

  • FTSE 250 company
  • Small to Medium Enterprise – SME (199+ employees) – unlisted
  • Not-for-profit organisation Small (1-9 employees)
  • Food & Beverages
  • Change Management
  • Marketing
  • Senior Leadership
  • Strategic Thinking

Experience

  • Chair
  • Non Executive
  • Committee Chair
  • Committee Member
  • CEO
  • Vice President

Board or Committee Experience

Title Sub Committee Company Name Industry
ChairmanRemuneration Committee, Audit Committee, Nominations CommitteeBerry Gardens Growers LtdFood
NEDn/aJames Hutton LtdResearch
NEDAPHAAgriculture
NEDRemunerations committee, investment committeePolairEquipment

Executive Career Summary

Title Company Name Industry
COONorthern Foods PlcFood}