The Board has overall responsibility for all aspects of the group’s business.

DIRECTORS

Pieter Willem Totté, Non-Executive Chairman, aged 56
Pieter, an engineer and entrepreneur, has considerable knowledge of the food sector and has acted as a director, strategic advisor and prime mover in a large number of successful transactions within the food industry over the last 25 years. He was instrumental in the creation of AIM quoted Glisten plc and The Real Good Food Company plc, where he is Non-Executive Chairman, and has acted as a director and strategic advisor for various other companies operating in the food sector including Finsbury Food Group plc and Hill Station plc. Elsewhere, in the recent past he was a strategic advisor to Jelf Group plc and the Travelzest Group plc. He has also been involved as advisor to various private companies with businesses as diverse as betting shops and multi media.

Peter Cecil Salter FCA, Non-Executive, aged 58
Peter was until 1998 with Horwath Clark Whitehill, chartered accountants, initially as a specialist tax partner and latterly as CEO. He then spent some five years in international corporate consultancy, where he was involved in a number of mergers and acquisitions, fund raisings and other related advisory work. He is a non-executive director of The Real Good Food Company plc, which is quoted on AIM, where he chairs the audit and remuneration committees. Peter was the Financial Director of Hill Station plc until November 2005 and remains a non-executive director.

Robert Collingwood Smith, Managing Director, aged 42
A graduate of Nottingham Business School with an MBA from Warwick University in 2004. Twenty years experience in the food industry most recently for 10 years as Managing Director of Garden Isle, a food processing company based in Cambridgeshire, where he built strong ties with the major multiples, wholesalers and restaurant trade. Robert joined the Board in November 2007.

David George Edward Stanley, Group Finance Director, aged 37
David joined the Group in July 2007. A graduate of Leeds University and Strathclyde Business School, David was CFO at Kuju plc leading its flotation on AIM in 2002. Since leaving Kuju David has acted as a consultant to various companies including AIM listed Georgica Plc and has been involved in IPOs, AIM listings, acquisitions, group integrations and re-organisations. Previously David spent five years working for Thus Plc where he was part of the team which oversaw Thus' flotation on the London Stock Exchange in 1999.

Alan Frank Smith, Non-Executive Director, aged 60
Alan has accepted the position as a Non-Executive Director subject to Admission. Alan started his career in retailing with Joshua Tetley & Son Ltd, moving on via Allied Breweries to be Marketing Director of Ind Coope Ltd. This background in retailing and marketing led to a commercial career as CEO or Chairman of a number of companies including Superdrug Stores plc, B&Q plc, Evans Halshaw Holdings plc, Punch Taverns Ltd, Somerfield plc, Robert Dyas Holdings Ltd, and Floors 2 Go plc. He is currently Non Executive Chairman of Fisher Leisure Holdings Ltd and of Empire World Trade Ltd and a non-executive director of the Flybe Group Ltd and of Naafi Ltd.

James Campbell Mitchell – Non-executive Director (Formerly CEO), aged 58
A Biochemist with over 30 years experience in the food sector and trading links with many of the major retailers. Previously MD of Nicholas & Harris supplying ‘Celebration Cakes’ to Tesco and 'Craft Bread' to Waitrose and non-executive director of Memory Lane Cakes and The Real Good Food Company.

Audit committee members include – Peter Salter, Alan Smith, Pieter Totte.

Remuneration Committee members include – Peter Salter, Alan Smith, Pieter Totte