Upper Crust owner SSP names CFO designate, deputy CEO to retire (updated)

Maple Leaf Foods

23/01/2025 07:36

(Adds retirement details in paragraph 2, details of new CFO in
paragraph 3)
       Jan 23 (Reuters) - Upper Crust owner SSP  SSPG.L  said
on Thursday Geert Verellen will join in early April as CFO
designate, as current finance head and deputy CEO Jonathan
Davies decided to retire after 20 years with the company.
    Verellen will take on the role of CFO and join the board
from June 9, 2025, and Davies will remain on the board until
Sept. 30 and continue as Deputy CEO until the end of December
2025, London-based SSP said.
    Verellen comes from Canadian consumer packaged goods maker
Maple Leaf Foods  MFI.TO , where he has been CFO for four years.
    The management changes come over a month after the cafes,
bars and restaurants operator said it was planning an initial
public offering in India of airport lounge operator Travel Food
Services, its venture with K Hospitality Corp.

 (Reporting by Chandini Monnappa in Bengaluru; Editing by Rashmi
Aich and Subhranshu Sahu)
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