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RAVENHALL TAKES HELM AT MÜLLER WISEMAN DAIRIES
Müller UK & Ireland Group has confirmed the appointment of Carl Ravenhall (44) as Managing Director of Müller Wiseman Dairies, its fresh milk business.
Mr Ravenhall joins Müller Wiseman Dairies from Arla Milk Link with over 25 years experience in the dairy industry having worked across many functions including commercial, operational and technical. In recent years he has held a number of senior executive positions with Milk Link and the Irish Dairy Board's UK subsidiary, Adams Foods, where he was Managing Director for 5 years.
Latterly, he was Managing Director of Milk Link’s cheese business, the largest of its kind in the UK, and since Milk Link’s merger with Arla Foods in 2012, he has played a key role in integrating this business into the new organisation.
Ronald Kers, Chief Executive Officer of Müller UK & Ireland Group said:
“We are ambitious for the future and we intend to be the largest and most competitive dairy company in the UK. It is important that we have the structure and management team in place to deliver our aspirations.
“We are pleased to welcome Carl at an exciting time for Müller Wiseman Dairies, the Müller UK & Ireland Group and the dairy industry as a whole.”
Mr Ravenhall will take up his new appointment at the beginning of April and will be based at Müller Wiseman Dairies headquarters at East Kilbride near Glasgow. He is married with two children and currently lives in Staffordshire.
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Müller UK & Ireland Group
The Müller UK & Ireland Group is wholly owned by the Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller. It has 21 sites nationwide and employs around 6,000 people across 3 businesses, Muller Dairy, Muller Wiseman Dairies and Muller Minsterley.
Müller Dairy is based in Market Drayton and is the UK’s leading yogurt manufacturer, with major brands such as Müller Corner, Mullerlight and Müller Rice. Müller Wiseman Dairies processes and delivers almost a third of the fresh milk consumed in Britain every day and is famous for its black & white cow-print branding.
The most recent addition to the Group is Müller Minsterley, the chilled desserts facility near Shrewsbury at which the Cadbury chilled desserts, including Cadbury Mousse, Trifle and twin-pot products, are made, which Müller sells under an exclusive licence from Cadbury.
