The Group Executive comprises of the Group’s senior executives.
The Group Executive has responsibility for the development of our overall purpose, vision and strategy as well as holding collective accountability for overall business performance and the development and deployment of functional excellence.
Dalton Philips
Chief Executive Officer
Dalton joined as Chief Executive Officer in September 2022 and has overall responsibility for running the business, driving shareholder value and developing strong relationships with stakeholders.
Dalton’s roles, prior to joining Greencore include chief executive of daa plc, the global airports and travel retail group, chief executive of Wm Morrison plc, then a FTSE 100 company and the UK’s fourth largest supermarket chain, chief executive of luxury goods retailer Brown Thomas Group, and chief operating officer of Canadian retailer Loblaw Companies Limited.
Dalton also served as a senior advisor to the Boston Consulting Group. He started his career with Jardine Matheson followed by Walmart.
Catherine Gubbins
Chief Financial Officer
Catherine joined as Chief Financial Officer in February 2024 and is responsible for managing the financial affairs of the Group and optimising its financial
performance. Catherine is also responsible for internal audit and risk management as well as the Group’s tax affairs.
Catherine joined Greencore from daa plc, having worked there for nine years in various finance roles including as director of finance and since March 2021,
as group chief financial officer.
Before moving to daa plc, Catherine spent 16 years as a senior manager in assurance and business advisory with PwC Ireland.
Lee Finney
Chief Operating Officer
Lee joined Greencore in October 2022 as Chief Operating Officer. He is the executive accountable for technology and the end-to-end supply chain.
He has extensive experience in transforming the operational performance of global businesses, having held vice president, chief transformation officer and chief supply officer roles in the UK, Europe, North America and Australasia.
Lee has an MBA, was awarded the Advanced Management Program, and has completed executive programmes at MIT and Stanford, USA.
Donna-Maria Lee
Chief People Officer
Donna-Maria became Greencore’s Chief People Officer in January 2026, having joined Bakkavor Group plc in September 2018. Donna-Maria has worked within manufacturing, consumer and corporate functions for over 25 years.
Prior to joining Bakkavor, she was Senior Vice President, Global HR, Burberry plc. In this role Donna-Maria is accountable for the overall HR strategy, people and change agenda.
Ruth McDonald
Chief Technical, Sustainability and Corporate Affairs Officer
Ruth joined Greencore in September 2025 and is responsible for Greencore’s Technical, Sustainability and Corporate Affairs functions.
With nearly 30 years’ technical experience with various food manufacturers and retailers, Ruth was most recently Corporate Services Director at Morrisons Supermarkets, one of the UK’s leading retailers, where she was responsible for sustainability, product safety, health and safety, compliance, quality, business continuity/resilience and security.
In addition to her core role, Ruth is an IGD board director and trustee and a Fiin (Food Industry Information Network) board member. Educated at The University of Edinburgh and The University of Bradford School of Management, Ruth has a Postgraduate Certificate in Business and Management.
Lee Miley
Chief Transformation Officer
Lee became Greencore’s Chief Transformation Officer in January 2026, having joined Bakkavor in 1998. He has held several finance, business improvement, M&A and investment management roles within the Group. In his previous role as Investment Manager, Lee identified and led acquisition opportunities in the UK, France, Italy & Czech Republic.
In 2014, he was appointed UK Finance Director at Bakkavor, and since that time has overseen various functions and projects, including site closures and new business development.
Damien Moynagh
General Counsel & Group Company Secretary
Damien joined Greencore in November 2022 and is responsible for leading Greencore’s Legal and Company Secretariat functions.
With over 20 years’ experience as a corporate/M&A lawyer and senior executive in Europe, the US and Asia, Damien was most recently general counsel and
company secretary of FTSE 250 listed UDG Healthcare plc (now Inizio), responsible for its legal, corporate secretarial, risk, compliance, quality and sustainability
functions. Prior to this, Damien practiced at Freshfields and Maples.
Educated at University College Dublin and Université Toulouse Capitole, he has also completed executive education programmes at Cambridge University and
Columbia University.
Andy Parton
Chief Commercial Officer
Andy is Chief Commercial Officer, responsible for setting and delivering the commercial strategy and agenda. The role covers marketing, insights and category
management, product development and management, sales and procurement.
Prior to this Andy was Business Director for our Food to Go business. Andy joined Greencore in 2014 having previously held senior commercial positions in Aldi
and PepsiCo.
Nigel Smith
Chief Strategy and Integration Officer
Nigel is Chief Strategy and Integration Officer, with responsibility for development and integration of Group strategy and our broader change agenda.
He joined Greencore in 2017, and has held a variety of roles supporting the strategic development of the Group, before taking on executive leadership of strategy
since 2021. Prior to joining Greencore, Nigel worked as a strategy consultant with McKinsey & Company, and in multiple public policy positions within European
Union institutions.
Nigel is an alum of Trinity College Dublin, Sciences-Po in Paris and the College d’Europe in Bruges. He has also completed Executive Education at the UCD Smurfit School.
