STORY: Nick Harris retires as BAKO South Eastern MD

BAKO Group has announced the retirement of Nick Harris as managing director of BAKO South Eastern.

Nick has enjoyed a long career in the food distribution and manufacturing industries, including over 20 years as the managing director of BFP Wholesale, where he successfully steered its course through changes of ownership by Gist Brocades UK (now DSM), Lesaffre UK and Kent Foods, before joining BAKO South Eastern as managing director in January 2018.

He has also served as an advisor on the NFU sugar board, representing 3,000 growers providing sugar beet for British Sugar.

Recently appointed to the board of directors at the Craft Bakers Association, Nick remains a passionate supporter of the craft bakery sector and has been part of several initiatives over the years, including “Enterprise Training” for independent bakers and “Craft Baker Week”, aimed at encouraging more visitors to bakery shops throughout the UK.

Nick Harris said: “From my first foray into the bakery industry dating back to the eighties when I started as an operations director with Cranks wholefoods, I have loved every minute of my working life since.

“Moving from foodservice into bakery was a real pleasure and I was made to feel very welcome from the start. With so many family businesses in the bakery trade, the industry itself can’t help but feel like one big family, so it has been a great place to work, with many customers who I now see as friends.”

BAKO’s Group Chief Executive Officer, Michael Tully said: “As a well-liked and respected member of the bakery industry for many years, Nick will be sorely missed, not only by us here at BAKO, but also by many other members of the industry in which he has made such a positive impact. We wish him well on his retirement and many long years of health and happiness.”

BAKO’s Group Chairperson David Yates said: “Nick’s passion for the bakery industry has been a huge boon for BAKO and its members, never more so than over the last couple of years, where his leadership and can-do attitude have inspired everyone around him.”

BAKO Group Ltd’s full list of divisions includes BAKO Ltd, BAKO Northern and Scotland, and BAKO South Eastern. Its industry accreditations include the BRC Global Standard for Storage and Distributions.

For more information visit www.bako.co.uk


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