Birds Eye parent Nomad Foods has announced the appointment of Stuart MacFarlane to its Board of Directors.
“We are delighted to welcome Stuart to our Board of Directors,” said Noam Gottesman, Nomad Foods’ co-chairman and founder. “We look forward to benefiting from his vast experience across the consumer packaged goods sector, particularly within Europe.”
MacFarlane served as Anheuser-Busch InBev's president of Europe and Middle East for five years, from 2014 to 2019.
He has held various senior roles at Anheuser-Busch InBev's throughout the course of his nearly 30-year career where he has worked in finance, marketing, sales and as managing director of the group's Irish operations.
In 2008, MacFarlane was appointed president of Anheuser-Busch InBev's UK and Ireland arm, and in 2012 he became a member of the group's executive management board, serving as president of central and eastern Europe.
MacFarlane currently serves as a director and member of the corporate governance committee of brewer Anadolu EFES, and had previously served as director of ABI-EFES Russia and Ukraine, a joint venture of Anadolu EFES and Anheuser-Busch InBev.
MacFarlane holds a degree in Business Studies from Sheffield University in the UK and is also a qualified chartered management accountant.
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