STORY: New MD for Edme

Essex-based ingredients supplier Edme has named Mark Hodson as managing director.

Mark was chief operating officer at Addo, the chilled bakery products business, for 12 years, and spent ten years at Bakkavor, (which was called Geest at the time).

Edme chief executive David Thompson said Hodson is in “the ideal position to consolidate the good work done by the team [at Edme], and to expand the company’s horizons through closer working relationships with – and support to – customers.”

Hodson said he wanted to work more closely with customers and involve the whole supply chain: “The company has been using locally sourced raw materials to produce natural ingredients for 135 years, but it feels as though it’s just coming of age. Perhaps that’s because now, more than ever, consumers are crying out for nutritious, clean-label foods that taste good.”