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With a BSc in Sports Science from York St John, Alex began his recruitment career in Stamford in 2006 and since then has specialised in Technical, Quality and Hygiene recruitment specifically within the food, fresh produce, and horticultural industries.
Alex joined MorePeople in 2022 as Associate Director, continuing to use his experience recruiting Technical, Quality, NPD and Hygiene professionals focussing mainly on middle management to director level roles within the food and fresh produce sectors.
I began my nutrition journey by undertaking a Bachelor's and integrated Master's degree in Nutrition at the University of Leeds. During my time at university, I gained experience in product development during my year in industry, as well as getting a piece of my undergraduate research published in the European Journal of Nutrition.
After graduating in 2021, I took the first step in my career as a Nutritionist for Nutracheck, a calorie and nutrient tracking app designed to support weight management. I gained two years of valuable customer-facing experience, supporting members one-on-one with their health goals and analysing their food diaries, as well as creating nutrition-based content for marketing and CRM. For the last 18 months, I have worked in the Sustainable Nutrition team at Huel. My role is primarily front-of-house, supporting customers with nutrition-based questions. However, one of my favourite things about Huel is that no two days are the same, and I've had the opportunity to be involved with a number of different nutrition projects, working cross-functionally with almost every team in the wider business.
Andrew graduated from Sheffield Hallam University in 2016 with a BSc Food Science and Nutrition, before starting his career on the Bakkavor Graduate Scheme. This involved roles as a Process Technologist (developing M&S ready meals) and a Systems Coordinator in London.
After finishing the scheme, he got a role in itsu grocery in quality management, overseeing global suppliers and co-packers. Andrew has since progressed through various food roles, including as a product technologist at Sainsbury's, managing regulatory affairs for Danone brand and technical manager for The Collective, an SME dairy brand. This year, he moved to Costa Coffee, taking responsibility for supplier management across Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa (EMENA).
As Food Innovation & Technology Manager at KFC, Lewis governs New Product Development and core menu design across 26 markets in Central & Eastern Europe. Lewis has spent nearly 7 years with Yum!, working across Pizza Hut and KFC brands in food technical roles. And prior, his experience is in technical roles within chilled manufacturing at Greencore.
Martyn started out as a chef working in 4 & 5* hotel kitchens spending 15 years working his way up from Apprentice to Head Chef in Central London. He then went on to run an independent commercial bakery business supplying 3rd party cake and biscuit products to Starbucks, Café Nero, Coffee Republic etc. Since 2010 Martyn has worked in the Mondelēz International Global Chocolate R&D Centre of Excellence based in the Cadbury Factory, Bournville, where he has launched multiple new chocolate products in different brands in all parts of the world.
Mike is the Head of the Product Innovation and Insights Group at Campden BRI. This Group covers 4 main areas of service: Product Innovation, Food and Drink Science, Sensory Insights, and Consumer Insights. It provides these services to a wide range of businesses in the global food and drink industry, from major multinationals through to SMEs. Mike has been at Campden BRI for 9 years, where he has worked across a wide range of platforms and technologies.
Tim Ingmire joined pladis Global as VP Global Innovation in RDQ in Sept 2023, bringing to the company over 35 years of global R&D experience in FMCG companies.
Prior to joining pladis, Tim was Chief RDQ Officer at Quorn Foods leading the function across both the Foods and Biotechnology parts of the business. He spent 14 years with PepsiCo where he was leading development teams driving global innovation in the snacks business and also leading the Global R&D centre in Leicester, UK. Whilst with PepsiCo, Tim spent several years in Belgrade, Serbia and Istanbul, Turkey representing R&D on the regional senior leadership teams. Tim has also built a wide range of Innovation and R&D experience in diary with Glanbia in Ireland, and personal care with Unilever and Sara Lee in The Hague, Holland and also Smithkline Beecham.
Tim is driven to help businesses grow sustainably through the creation of disruptive and breakthrough innovation with new products that consumers cannot live without, and which is unlocked by elegant science and technology.