PICTURED: Dez Timmiss (L), and David Biggs
Huhtamaki UK has announced the appointment of Dez Timmiss and David Biggs to its senior management team. Dez joins as General Manager UK & Ireland, and David as UK Sales and Marketing Director.
“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”, Dez said. “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.”
Dez joins Huhtamaki from Nestlé, where he enjoyed a successful 28 year international career within their breakfast cereals business. He has a marketing background, having initially joined as Assistant Brand Manager on Shreddies back in 1986. After a spell in Switzerland as Global Marketing Manager, Dez became UK Marketing Director. Eight years ago, he moved into general management as Managing Director for the Nestlé cereals business across South West Europe, based in Paris, before moving to Sydney where he was Managing Director for the Nestlé cereals business in Australia & New Zealand.
David was formerly Sales and Marketing Director at Matthew Algie, the UK’s largest independent coffee roaster. His career began with Mr Kipling, and includes numerous commercial roles in the UK and Europe with Tropicana. After Tropicana was acquired by PepsiCo, David went on to run the Walkers Snacks impulse business within the UK and led Tropicana and Walker’s to brand leadership in Ireland.
Both men have extensive knowledge of the food and drink industry and experience of working with foodservice and hospitality customers.
