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Hilton Food Group PLC - Huntingdon, England-based food packaging - Names chief operating officers for its West and East regions, following the immediate exit of the company’s chief executive officer late in November. Hilton Food says Samy Zekhout moves from non-executive director to COO of the West region. Zekhout will leave the board for the newly created executive position, from which he will oversee operations in UK, Ireland, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Portugal and, in the future, Canada. Zekhout is the former chief financial officer and deputy CEO of Nomad Foods Ltd, owner of the Birds Eye, Findus and iglo frozen food brands, and previously worked at Procter & Gamble Co. Melanie Chambers, currently Asia-Pacific CEO, is made COO for the East, looking after operations in Australia, New Zealand, Asia, Poland and Saudi Arabia. Chambers joined Hilton Food three years ago. ‘These organisational changes, alongside broader internal initiatives, position the group well to deliver its strategic objectives, which we look forward to sharing with you in due course,’ says Executive Chair Mark Allen. He moved to executive from non-executive chair in November when Steve Murrells left immediately as CEO following a profit warning earlier in the month. Hilton Food will provide a trading update for 2025 on January 29. Current stock price: 486.80 pence, down 1.6% in London on Thursday 12-month change: down 46% Copyright 2026 Alliance News Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
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