Jon has 30 years’ broad experience in senior commercial roles, working with leading brands and retailer private labels.
In 21 years at Mars UK, he held a variety of commercial management and senior leadership positions in all of Mars’ core categories.
Jon’s commercial and leadership capabilities were shaped fundamentally during his time with Mars, and he benefitted from attending a vast range of world-class training and development programmes, including leadership courses at the London Business School.
In 2017, Jon continued his career at Samworth Brothers, leading several new business initiatives across Samworth’s £1bn food business, including the launch of new-to-market brands produced in-house, and several projects with co-manufacturers and third-party brand owners.
From 2019 to 2023, Jon was Commercial Director for the UK Snack Foods Business Unit at Valeo Foods, a £1bn+ turnover Food Group owned by Bain Capital.
At Valeo, Jon led a team of 110, covering all UK & International commercial functions, including Sales, Marketing, Category, Shopper, and Innovation.
A member of the UK Executive Team, Jon was accountable for the full commercial P&L and several significant, complex change programmes, including the integration and merging of three separate business units, the commercial due diligence of two successful M&A initiatives, and a major organisational restructuring programme for Commercial.
Across a variety of executive and large-team leadership roles, Jon has developed a keen curiosity, empathy, and deep experience of the unique requirements of senior leaders and executive teams in harnessing pressure and change to deliver effective commercial strategies and organisational transformation.
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