Aoife Kenny named Unitas Commercial Director

Aoife Kenny has been appointed as Commercial Director at Unitas Wholesale – starting her new role in September.

Kenny’s most recent position was at AF Blakemore, where she was interim Head of Foodservice, and arrives at Unitas following the announcement that Trading Director John Baines is set to retire.

The new Unitas board member will report to Managing Director John Kinney and will be responsible for both the trading and commercial areas of the business.

Kenny has held a number of senior roles across retail, foodservice and manufacturing, in organisations such as Central Co-op, Heart of England Co-ops, Enterprise Foods,  PepsiCo, Burton’s Biscuits and the Kepak Group.

“I am absolutely delighted to welcome Aoife to Unitas at such an important time in our development as we seek to re-shape the organisation to become more member-centric and cement our place as the UK’s leading buying group,” said Managing Director Kinney.

“Aoife has the skills, values and experience that we were looking for, gained during a successful career across, wholesale, foodservice, retail and manufacturing.”

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