New Board Directors appointed

Sugro is a democratic organisation with one member and one vote and, therefore, irrespective of the size of the wholesaler or the representative percentage of turnover within Sugro, everyone has an equal say and opportunity within the company. However, to assist the group in the development of definitive directions, the members will elect a Board of Directors from within who will represent the interests of the overall membership at Board level.

At the recent Annual General Meeting we had two Directors up for re-election and, in line with the constitutional structure, wholesalers are entitled to put their names forward and, of course, if they do so the election process is then triggered and the election takes place.

As a result of that election, we have two new Directors voted by the members, for the members. Firstly, Mr Iain Hill, a wholesale member based in Beith in Scotland; Iain is also actively involved in the Scottish Wholesale Association and for the last two years has been President of that organisation and we are delighted to welcome him on to the Board. The second new Director is Mr Derek O’Reilly, from O’Reilly Confectioners, based in Newry, Northern Ireland. O’Reilly’s is a long standing, family business; is a substantial wholesale business and is amongst the biggest wholesalers we have within Sugro. O’Reilly’s has been a member of National Wholesale Confectioners Ltd since its inception and Derek’s years of experience as a member and wholesaler will certainly bring value to the Board and, with the continuation of experience from Northern Ireland into our Board of Directors, I look forward to the contribution he will make.

Certainly, when elections take place, an element of turmoil will begin to exist but now that the elections are over and the Directors are in place, we are back to business; the business of developing commercial deals for our Sugro wholesalers to grow and develop turnover and profitability for their businesses.