Huhtamaki UK gets new general manager, sales and marketing director
The global packaging company named Dez Timmiss and David Biggs as its new General Manager UK & Ireland, and UK Sales and Marketing Director respectively.
Dez Timmiss, General Manager UK & Ireland, Huhtamaki UK Ltd., said, “Huhtamaki is a name synonymous with the provision of quality on-the-go food and drink packaging solutions which help customers around the world to meet the demands and expectations of today’s consumers.”
“I’m excited to join Huhtamaki at a time when it’s looking to strengthen its European foodservice business and support the increasing growth seen in the UK food-to-go market. To me, packaging isn’t just functional – packaging presents an opportunity to showcase product innovation, and to respond to the consumer demands which reflect the increased trends within the eating on-the-go arena.”
“The chance to join a Company which is experiencing significant growth and which can help shape the market with its investment in NPD is extremely exciting, and will present challenges that I’m very much looking forward to being part of,” he said.
Dez previously worked at Nestlé, and has a marketing background having initially joined as Assistant Brand Manager on Shreddies back in 1986.
David was formerly Sales and Marketing Director at Matthew Algie.
