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Finlays Announces James Woodrow as New Group Managing Director

James Woodrow

Finlays, which is a part of Swire Group and a leading global supplier of tea, coffee and botanical solutions, has appointed James Woodrow as its new Group Managing Director.

James brings with him a vast a wealth of experience and knowledge to the role and joins from Swire Shipping where he was the Managing Director for the last seven years.

James has been with Swire since 1990 and has previously held executive roles at a variety of Swire businesses including Cargo Director at the airline Cathay Pacific.

Headquartered in the UK, Finlays is one of the world's leading suppliers of tea, coffee and botanicals to the global beverage industry 

Founded back in 1750, Finlays has extensive and diverse operations across Europe, North America, South America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

It also has a unique bush to cup supply chain in tea, a strong direct trade coffee sourcing network, and is a major player in the global tea, coffee and botanical extracts market.

In more recent years, Finlays has increased its focus on extracts via organic growth, acquisition and innovation. It's the world's largest producer of cold brew coffee and will soon open a new UK cold brew coffee production facility to serve Europe. 

It also offers a range of premium, health-focussed tea extracts called The Wellbeing Collection which are produced at its Saosa facility in Kenya, one of the few extracts facilities globally which is actually situated on a tea farm.

Woodrow says, “Finlays has an illustrious heritage stretching back almost 300 years and is a trusted and admired industry leader. Today, it's ideally placed to serve the evolving and growing needs of the global beverage market by helping customers address critical long-term consumer trends, whether that's health and wellbeing, premiumisation or sustainability.”

Through its integrated supply chains, Finlays strives to operate with sustainability at the heart of all it does, creating value for stakeholders at every stage from bush to cup. This is something Woodrow believes is of paramount importance to the future of Finlays.

He says, “Sustainability, be it environmental, social, or economic, is a defining characteristic of our era. Global consumers have never been more switched on to the provenance of their food and drink and this represents a big opportunity for the beverage industry, even in markets where this trend is just emerging.”

He went on to say: “The scope and scale of Finlays means it can offer true traceability and assurance that its products have been ethically sourced. But most vitally, it gives us the precious ability to have a positive, long-term impact on the communities we serve around the world, and the environments in which we operate. Our core value of 'sustainable' has never been more important.”

Woodrow joined Finlays in September and will be based at its headquarters in London, UK.

For more information visit www.finlays.net.

 

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On October 15th plant-based community cookery school and charity Made In Hackney is unleashing teams of runners dressed as fruits and vegetables around Hackney in their first ever fundraising Veg Dash event. 

The 'dash' aims to raise £20,000 to provide 10,000 meals this winter for households struggling to afford nourishing food during the cost of living crisis. 

Billed as a fun, family friendly event - participants 'dash' to ten different fruit and veg themed stops and take fruity photographic evidence. 

It's an accessible event. Participants can run, walk, roll or even jump on to public transport dressed in their veggie finest to complete the route!  

The school encourage everyone to get involved  (it's not too late to sign up)  but if you're feeling more couch potato than runner bean, you can support by making a donation and, if you snap a two footed aubergine on your block next week tag on socials using #VEGDASH to share MIH's fruity antics. 

Want to fight hunger and see a bunch of fruit and veg dashing through Hackney? Yes! Support their dashers by making a donation Veg Dash donation page. 

Want to join the fun as a solo dasher or with a team? There's still time - and incredible prizes to be won for best fruit and veg costumes, the team that fundraises the most and funniest selfies! 

To sign up visit the Made In Hackney website madeinhackney.org.