New Chief For Adams Foods
Ian Toal has been appointed as the new chief executive of Adams Foods, the British consumer foods business which is part of the Irish Dairy Board. He is expected to take up the position later this summer. Ian Toal is currently managing director of IAWS Foods UK, a subsidiary of Aryzta, the international speciality bakery group.
Ian Toal will head up a staff of over 700 people at Adams Foods. The business encompasses a range of dairy products under the Kerrygold and Pilgrims Choice brands and cheese pre-packaging facilities in Britain.
Over his career Ian Toal has held a number of senior sales and marketing roles across the fast moving consumer goods sector. Prior to joining Aryzta, in 2008, where he was managing director of Delice de France, managing director of Cuisine de France and latterly managing director of IAWS Foods UK, he held several senior directorial roles at Brakes, a leading foods service company in Europe.