We are thrilled to announce a number of senior appointments to support our continued growth.
Emilie Whiteoak, previously with BaxterStorey, joins as account director and will oversee a number of key accounts. Marinela Golfita, who joins from Thomas Franks London, and Steven Shaw, have been appointed as operations managers in London and the home counties respectively.
Acorn Award winner and Lou Willcock Scholarship finalist, Josh Key, has joined from Blue Apple as sales and marketing manager to provide support to the location teams and will help drive our B Corp objectives over the coming years.
The craft team, working alongside chef director, David Steel, has been strengthened through the promotion of James Garred and Danny Keaney to development chefs, both of whom previously worked as head chefs within the business.
Finally, Lindsay Murphy has taken up the newly created role of support manager to focus on training, people development and projects.
Simon Houston, co-founder and director at Houston & Hawkes, said: “We are thrilled to announce the growth of our operational team and we are particularly proud that we have promoted a number from within. As our business continues to grow, we absolutely recognise that our success starts and ends with our teams and their ability to provide really high levels of quality support to our team members, customers, and clients.
Dave Hawkes, co-founder and director, adds: We are hugely positive about the future, and we are building an exceptional team which will enable us to continue our journey with agility and positivity. There is tremendous opportunity within the foodservice sector and the strength of our people will ensure we are well placed to support new and existing clients.”
