Patrick spent 14 years as Group CEO of Greencore Group plc, having joined in 2005 as CFO. Patrick has also held a non-executive director position on Glanbia plc. Prior to Greencore, he worked for nine years at McKinsey & Company in Europe and North America, latterly as Managing Partner for Ireland.

External appointments

• Patrick serves as a non-executive director of OFI Group Limited

Geert has extensive financial and operational experience in international consumer, food and retailing companies. Before joining SSP, Geert held the role of CFO at Maple Leaf Foods, a Toronto Stock Exchange listed multinational food manufacturing company. Prior to that, he was at Walmart Inc, serving as Regional CFO for Canada, Japan & India, and he held multiple senior finance roles at Delhaize Group, a listed Belgian retailer. He started his career as an auditor at PwC.

Kari has a track record of driving performance in both retail and branded FMCG businesses. She spent more than 20 years at Tesco where she held the role of CEO of Tesco Ireland for four years and spent three years as UK Commercial Director. Prior to Tesco, Kari held marketing and leadership positions at SC Johnson, Wella and Superdrug. Kari is a member of the WiHTL Advisory Board and of the Policy Issues Council at IGD. She also currently serves as a Non-Executive Director at Topps Tiles plc.

With over two decades of experience in business administration and financial management, George’s expertise spans strategy, financial reporting, treasury, financial controls, financial planning and analysis, budgeting and forecasting, cost management, risk assessment, analysis of new business opportunities, and more. He is a certified public accountant (CPA) and certified management accountant (CMA) and holds an MBA in finance from the United States International University Africa.

Satya has a 25+-year track record in the service industry, including extensive experience in the food and coffee business across a number of European, South and North American countries. 

Previously, Satya worked as president of the out-of-home division of coffee company JDE Peet’s and prior to this, he was global CEO of Sodexo’s schools and universities division. He also held a number of leadership positions across various Sodexo divisions internationally.

Ann-marie brings a deep and diverse expertise spanning from Human Resources to Operations and Commercial. As SSP’s Chief People Officer, she is responsible for the global People Strategy, leading on our reward strategy, succession planning, talent acquisition and organisation design.

Earlier in her career Ann-marie held the role of Group Human Resources Director at New Look Retailers, where she established the Global HR function and spent 13 years at Tui Travel plc, with a remit covering the UK, North America, France, Spain and Australia.

 Most recently, he was Group Director of Strategic Projects, leading on strategy and M&A for the Group. During that time, he drove and completed multiple M&A projects across the UK, the USA and Australia and advised on key strategic developments for SSP. 

Having started his career with Shell, Mark worked in a variety of companies and industries including FMCG with Diageo and Seagram, as well as telecoms, logistics and market research sectors. He is a qualified accountant and has an MBA from Warwick Business School

Jonathan began his career in commercial development in Sainsbury’s before spending over 10 years in WHSmith in various roles including Business Development Director and General Manager Qatar.

Prior to joining SSP, Fiona held senior corporate finance legal roles at Travers Smith LLP and Herbert Smith Freehills LLP (Sydney). Fiona is the executive sponsor of our recently established Neurodiversity and Disability Network.

Jon has a strong track record of strengthening capability within Digital & Technology teams, including the transformation of large technology teams and the introduction of new operating models, providing greater clarity of purpose and driving employee engagement.