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The Greencore Group plc Board

* Denotes Non-executive director

1 Member of the Audit Committee
2 Member of the Nomination Committee
3 Member of the Option and Remuneration Committee

Chairman Gary Kennedy* BA, FCA ^2,3 Gary joined the Board on 18 November 2008. He is a Director of Elan plc as well as being Chairman of its Audit Committee, in addition he is a Director of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Limited, having been appointed on 22 May, 2010, where he also serves as Chairman of the Audit Committee. He is also Director of Friends First Holdings Ltd as well as Chairman of a number of private companies. Previously he was Group Director of Finance and Enterprise Technology at Allied Irish Banks plc and a member of its main board together with subsidiary boards in the USA and Poland. Prior to that, he was Group Vice-President of Nortel Networks Europe. He served on the Board of the Industrial Development Authority of Ireland for ten years until he retired in December 2005.
Chief Executive Officer Patrick Coveney B Comm, M Phil, DPhil ² Patrick joined the Board of Greencore on 5 September 2005 and was appointed Chief Executive with effect from March 2008. Previously he held the position of Chief Financial Officer for the Group. Patrick was a partner with McKinsey & Company, serving as managing partner of McKinsey, Ireland before joining Greencore. Patrick was elected President of The Dublin Chamber of Commerce in February 2012, having been a Council member since 2003.
Chief Financial Officer Alan Williams BA (Hons.), ACMA, GCMA, AMCT Alan was appointed to the Board as Chief Financial Officer on 7 March 2011, having previously held a number of senior positions within the Cadbury Group over an 18 year period, which included the role of Global Corporate Finance Director. He had previously served as head of finance for the US confectionery operations of Cadbury and also of its French beverages business.
Chief Operating Officer Diane Walker BSc. (Hons.) Di joined the Board on 22 April 2009 and serves as the group’s Chief Operating Officer, having joined Greencore in June 2004 as Managing Director of Greencore’s Chilled Sauces and Soups category. In October 2006, she was appointed Managing Director of Food To Go, the largest convenience food category within the Group. Prior to joining Greencore, she held a number of senior positions within the chilled foods industry including Divisional Managing Director of Hibernia Foods plc and Convenience Food Sales and Marketing Director of Hazlewood Foods plc, prior to it being acquired by Greencore.
Non-Executive Director *John Herlihy ^1,3 B.Comm, FCA** John joined the Board on 13 March 2009. He is Vice President of Advertiser Operations at Google and head of Google Ireland. Previously, he held senior management positions at global technology companies including First Data (US and EMEA), Epiphany (US and Asia-Pacific), and Oracle Corporation (US and EMEA).
Non-Executive Director *Heather Ann McSharry¹** Joined the Board in January 2013. She is a former Managing Director Ireland, Reckitt Benckiser plc, is currently a Non-Executive Director of CRH plc, Chairman of the Bank of Ireland Pension Fund Trustee Board and serves on the Board of IDA, the Industrial Development Agency in Ireland, where she is also Chair of the Audit and Finance Committee.
Non-Executive Director Sly Bailey Joined the board in May 213. She iscurrently a Non-Executive Director of Ladbrokes plc and a Governor of the English National Ballet School. She was previously Chief Executive of Trinity Mirror plc and was also a Non- Executive Director of the Press Association, Littlewoods plc and EMI plc, where she served as Senior Independent Director.
Non-Executive Director *John Warren¹** Joined the board in January 2013. He is currently a Non-Executive Director of The Rank Group plc, Bovis Homes Group plc, Spectris plc, 4imprint plc and Welsh Water. John, a former Group Finance Director of United Biscuits plc, is also former Chairman of Uniq plc, a business acquired by Greencore in September 2011.
Non-Executive Director *John Moloney²** Joined the board in February 2013. He is currently Group Managing Director of Glanbia plc, an international nutritional solutions and cheese group. He is also a Non-Executive Director of DCC plc.
Non-Executive Director *Eric Nicoli ^1,3 CBE, BSc** Eric was appointed to the Board on 14 May 2010. From 1991 to 1999, he served as Group Chief Executive of United Biscuits (Holdings) plc and was Chairman and Chief Executive of EMI Group plc until 2007. He is currently a Director of a number of privately-owned companies in the entertainment, software, property and financial services sectors.
Non-Executive Director *David Simons ² BSc Econ, FCMA , CBE** David was appointed to the Board on 1 July 2004 having previously held the position of Chairman of Littlewoods Shop Direct Group Limited for five years and Chief Executive of Somerfield plc for seven years. He has held many senior executive and non-executive positions in major UK and International retail companies.
Group Company Secretary Conor O'Leary ACIS Conor was appointed Group Company Secretary on 4 June 2010 having served as Deputy Group Secretary since 2005. He held senior company secretarial roles in Glanbia and Cable & Wireless prior to joining Greencore in 2001.