People
Christian Rose, CEO
Christian Rose’s career has included Directorships within NAAFI, Alliance Boots, Albannach Brands and senior commercial roles within Somerfield and Safeway. He is also a non-executive director of Dynamic Leadership plc. His involvement with the drinks industry has included both the on and off trade at a national and an international level and he has worked with a significant number of the major brands in this sector. He has been educated at a variety of business schools including Cranfield University, Ashridge Business School and HEC Business School, Paris.
Ed Baker, Finance Director
Edmund Baker has been appointed as Finance Director of G&J Greenall. His career has included Directorships at ProZone (a sports analysis company) and Coventry City Football Club (the Football League Championship team). He has held various finance roles at the Vita Group (a world leader in chemical polymers), Mitsubishi Motors Europe (the European distributor of Mitsubishi cars) and Ford Motor Company. He has worked for N.M. Rothschild Limited (the investment bank) and PriceWaterhouseCoopers. He is a chartered accountant.
Donna Alder, Human Resources Director
Donna joined the Company in October 2005. CIPD qualified with over 15 years experience in HR and manufacturing, she is responsible for delivering the company’s HR Strategy. She was instrumental in management after the fire of 2005 and the subsequent re-establishment and relocation of the business.
Mark Parton, Operations Director
Mark joined G&J Greenall in June 2005 as Manufacturing Manager. He has many years manufacturing experience at previous companies including Saint Gobain Glass, Staffordshire Tableware and Wedgewood. Mark’s expertise includes lean manufacturing delivery, and the development of appropriate manufacturing practices.
Karl Hayes, Commercial Director
Karl has had over twenty years experience in the drinks industry with Diageo PLC. His roles have encompassed several Sales and Commercial Directorships in both the UK and internationally , account management of Tesco and Asda, field sales leadership of large teams, international distributor and joint venture partner management at Board level, customer marketing leadership of the Guinness Brand in the UK, sales operations, sales capability development and sales training.
Karl has a Bsc (hons) in Management Science from the University of Aston in Birmingham as well as other industry related qualifications.
Caroline Whitfield, Commercial Director – America
Caroline Whitfield has been an active entrepreneur and executive in the food and drink sector having founded and developed her own range of gins, vodkas and cream liqueur. Caroline has brought her international expertise to help launch Greenalls’ brands into the highly competitive US market plus help strengthen the performance of the exiting brands in the portfolio. Caroline brings broad commercial expertise as well as a track record of creating new premium spirits brands and has won 19 international awards for innovation, design and product excellence. She has an MA (Law) from Christ Church, Oxford University and an MBA from INSEAD, is a past Drinks Business Woman of the Year, was a past judge for 5 years of the Queen’s Award for Innovation and was awarded Scottish Exporter of the Year (UK). She is also a non executive on the board of North Highland Products (Mey Selections), a leading a premium food and drink social enterprise.