Our Structure
Led by CEO David Thomson, Food and Drink Federation (FDF) Scotland is part of the UK trade association – the FDF. FDF Scotland focuses on Scottish specific issues that are of interest to our members.
Executive Committee
There are elected officers who work together to advise and support FDF Scotland
on a broad
range of issues and activities, at both a strategic and tactical level.
The committee consists of the Chair, Vice-Chair and representatives from a
diverse range of
member companies.
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Chair: Dr Gary Stephenson, Devro plc
Gary is the Chair of FDF Scotland and
Director for Global External & Regulatory Affairs at Devro (Scotland), a
Scottish based global food
casing company exporting to over 100 countries. His background is in
parasitology, food safety,
health and nutrition providing a scientific and technical approach to
regulation.
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Vice-Chair: Rachel Wicklow, Scobie & Junor
Scobie & Junor specialise
in supplying the food industry with ingredients, packaging and machinery.
Rachell has a marketing
background, where she has held various roles for Gillette and Beam Global
Spirits & Wines.
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Archie Gibson, Agrico UK Ltd
Archie is the Managing Director of Agrico UK
Ltd, a subsidiary of a Dutch farmers' cooperative with 800 members. The company
is a leading
breeder and merchant of seed potatoes supplying more than 80 countries
worldwide. Archie gained
experience in a variety of land agent roles before joining the food industry in
1999.
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Gordon McKelvie, Baxters Food Group Limited
Gordon joined Baxters Food Group in May
2016 as Group Legal Counsel. He sits on the Group Board and also the Management
Boards of
Baxters European, North American and Australian business units and chairs the
Baxters Group Risk
Committee. Prior to joining Baxters, Gordon worked as in-house legal counsel for
businesses in the
Scotch Whisky and Automotive sectors, and was also a partner in a private legal
practice.
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Mark Bruce, Border Biscuits
Mark is Commercial Director at Border Biscuits, a
family owned sweet biscuit manufacturer that has operated in Lanark since 1984.
Mark has worked in
the food and drink sector in Scotland since 1992 where his first role was at
Walker's Crisps. Since
then he has worked with a range of brands and businesses, all with a Scottish
presence. His
previous experience has included roles at Masterfoods, Carlsberg, Lightbody
Cakes and Brakes.
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Jim Fox, Coca-Cola European Partners
Jim has worked in the Coca-Cola system in Great
Britain for over 25 years. He started his career at CCE managing and planning
within the Supply
Chain then moved to Sales and Marketing and was responsible for several of
Coca-Cola's most
important large national accounts. In his current role since 2005, he represents
Coca-Cola European
Partners in Government and Public Affairs working closely with elected
representatives in
Westminster, Edinburgh and Cardiff.
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Tony Dumbreck, Innovate Foods
Tony is Managing Director of Innovate
Foods, one of the leading players in the UK, supplying coated starters into the
major Foodservice
operators in UK, Germany and other European countries. Tony grew up in a
three-generation family
mushroom growing business. He was a founding partner in Golden Crumb Produce Ltd
in Feb 1989,
and took over the company in 1991, which subsequently became Innovate Foods.
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James Macsween, Macsween of Edinburgh
James is Managing
Director of award-winning family business Macsween of Edinburgh. Macsween has
expanded the
market for haggis and black pudding through on-going product and management
innovation. James
has worked in every department from van driver to pie marker and shop assistant
to haggis maker;
starting fulltime in production in 1992.
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Colin Herron, McCain Foods (GB) Ltd
Colin has worked in various positions at McCain
Foods' potato seed business in Montrose for over 20 years. Previously he worked
as a Higher
Agricultural Officer at the Scottish Government.
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Sonja Bader, Sco-Fro Group Ltd
Sonja is Group Commercial Director at Sco-Fro Group Ltd, a private ltd
company, founded in Glasgow over 40 years ago. Sco-Fro imports a wide range of
ambient grocery
and frozen seafood products from around the world including - China, Thailand,
India, Italy and
Germany and supplies major multiple retail and foodservice companies across the
UK, mainly under
private label. Sonja has been with the business for over 30 years and has held a
number of positions
across the business in that time in sales, marketing and sourcing. Prior to
joining Sco-Fro Sonja
spent a few years in the Scotch whisky industry.
Members' Forum
As FDF Scotland is a division of FDF, it enables industry members in Scotland to
have direct
input into the development, formulation and promotion of industry policy both in
Scotland and the UK.
FDF positions are developed and agreed following industry-wide consultation.
We have set up a Scottish Policy Forum open to all FDF members. The forum
provides the
opportunity to meet both online or in person with Scottish policy makers and
regulators, hear about
forthcoming Scottish legislation, and meet with a range of experts from FDF
affiliated members. If
members wish to sign up, get in touch via webmaster@fdf.org.uk.