He has also worked for Saville & Holdsworth Ltd. in both Dublin and Sydney working on a wide range of assessment and development initiatives with both public and private sector clients.

Glanbia Consumer Foods has announced the appointment of Simon Brown as Customer Marketing Director. He joins from Kraft Foods where he led the Kraft business in Ireland for the last four years. Prior to that, Simon was Sales Director of Kraft Foods Ireland and also worked in various senior sales roles in Kraft's UK head office.

His responsibilities will include heading up Fresh Direct, a new chilled convenience division, which will offer a full range of nutritious 'on the go' food and beverages to convenience stores across the country.