New sales director at Scottish ingredients company

The UK’s leading independent food ingredients manufacturer, Macphie of Glenbervie, has strengthened its Board with the appointment of Andrew Underwood as Sales and Marketing Director.

Andrew brings twenty-seven years of food industry experience with him, having held a number of senior roles, most recently with Authentic Foods. He has also worked at Brakes, Schwan’s Consumer Brands and Coca-Cola.

Andrew who is Manchester born and bred, will be dividing his time between the firm’s head-quarters in Glenbervie and Manchester, which is closer to Macphie’s core customer-base.

Macphie is the UK’s largest independent food ingredients manufacturer with a turnover of £41.8m. Head-quartered in Glenbervie, Scotland, the company produces a wide variety of high quality cake and bread mixes; glazes; cream alternatives; icings; desserts; fruit coulis and sauces for the bakery, foodservice and food manufacturing sectors.