Natures Way Foods CEO Susan Barratt has become a trustee at grocery insight and research charity IGD.
The appointment takes effect immediately and will last until the end of 2019.
In her role as a trustee, Barratt will be part of a team responsible for providing oversight, scrutiny, governance and leadership in the fulfillment of IGD’s charitable purposes.
She joins fellow trustees drawn from across the food and grocery industry, including Ann Bell, people director, international at Tesco, and Paul Mills-Hicks, food commercial director at Sainsbury’s.
Barratt said: “I am honoured to be appointed a trustee of IGD. The activities undertaken by IGD to further our industry are unparalleled. I am committed to playing an active role in the governance of the charity, ensuring that it continues to fulfill its purpose and to advance its role within the industry.
“Our industry is changing at an ever increasing pace. The needs of the public are driving that change. Consumers expect more from the food and grocery industry, making it more important than ever to support the work of IGD as it strives to develop the industry’s talent, provide insight and leadership, and create sustainable best-practice standards.”
Joanne Denney-Finch, IGD chief executive, said: “I’m delighted to welcome Susan as one our latest members of IGD’s board of trustees. She brings with her a wealth of experience from her leadership roles within finance, systems and supply chains in FMCG manufacturing, and the restaurants and pubs industry.
“She is a great supporter of IGD’s various programmes. Susan also brings a unique mix of skills, which will be of great benefit to IGD, and I and the other trustees very much look forward to working with her.”
Barratt has been CEO of Natures Way Foods since 2007, and joined the business in 2005. During her time at Natures Way, she has overseen a period of rapid growth and expansion under which it has become a leading manufacturer of fresh, healthy and convenient food.
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