Fyffes PLC chief executive Jimmy Tolan has announced his decision to resign from his post, with effect from April 30 2008.

Tolan is leaving the fruit distributor to take up the role of chief executive of Vhi Healthcare, but will continue as a non-executive director of Fyffes.

Executive chairman David McCann will take on the chief executive role, which he has experience in having previously held the post from 1995 to 2006.