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Andy Riches is the Engineering Director for SmartParc. Andy has a wealth of experience with food manufacturing plant and factory services across ambient chilled and frozen operations.
After engineering roles on nuclear submarines, power stations and heavy industry, Andy spent 17 years as Operations Director for English Provender Company in Berkshire followed by a broader Operations and Engineering Director role for the Billington Group.
Andy’s focus is to deliver the benefits of the SmarParc model to our tenants ensuring that the design, technology and enhanced services - that are the DNA of SmartParc - result in a superior business reality.
Giles Caswell is the Design Director at SmartParc, with over 20 years of Architectural design and construction experience.
Before working at SmartParc, Giles worked with our team as Project Director at Ashton Smith Associates (ASA), leading design projects including SmartParc SEGRO Derby. At ASA, Giles was heavily involved in the design and delivery of hundreds of industrial projects; e-commerce, automated, controlled environments, cold stores and food processing and manufacturing projects like SmartParc.
Ennio has a 20-year background in the North American food and beverage industry across finance, business development, supply chain operations, and general management. He has built and led food businesses for Kerry Foods, Greencore, and Amazon and is now leading the development of the North American SmartParc network.
In his eight years with Kerry Foods, he led the finance function for the beverage portfolio. He was responsible for optimisation of factories and acquisition integration.
During his seven-year tenure with Greencore, Ennio helped grow the US business from a single production site to 15 locations turning over $1bn.
Most recently, as Head of Manufacturing at Amazon, Ennio oversaw the manufacturing of all Amazon private label food brands and owned the development of Amazon’s first food processing facility.
Nigel’s 30 years in the food industry has gained him extensive knowledge across all operational and technical functions within many food manufacturing categories. Recently Nigel has been driven by emerging technologies which will revolutionise the food industry.
Nigel’s focus within SmartParc is to deliver best in class and forward thinking technologies, that push the boundaries of manufacturing processes at an operational level, including hygiene, process automation and robotic systems.
His deep-rooted expertise in food manufacturing ensures we deliver best-in-class design services for our clients.
Richard brings to the team 14 years of professional accountancy practice, along with 27 years as a Financial Director – 14 of which have been spent within the food industry. Prior to joining the SmartParc team he ran and operated the facilities management of a busy industrial park in South Derbyshire. Richard is responsible for ensuring the smooth operation of the park and for meeting the high standards that our tenants expect.
Phil is a highly experienced leader with an extensive background in food manufacturing. He has built and led businesses for Greencore and The Billington Group (TBG) most recently.
As COO of TBG he was part of the Group Operating Board with responsibility for Group Projects, SHE, Purchasing, ESG and Operations. Phil also stood in as MD of Billington Foodservice to manage the business through the Covid pandemic. He successfully led projects to restructure the Food division and its factory footprint.
Prior to this Phil was the MD of the Greencore M&S business at Northampton. He doubled the size of the business over 5 years including building 2 factories with leading technical construction partner TSL. These factories were on time and within budget and exceed their original efficiency objectives as well as pushing the boundaries of what is possible in modern food manufacturing.
Kate is a highly accomplished leader within the food industry with over 25 years’ experience in the sector. Throughout her career, Kate has been responsible for delivering well over 100 food projects worldwide from concept design to construction handover.
As COO of SPHere, SmartParc's Design Partner, she takes responsibility for all client factory designs, working with internal and external professional teams to develop our state-of-the-art food manufacturing parks. More recently, she has also played a critical role supporting SmartParc’s international expansion, drawing upon her specialist knowledge and experience working across the US and Europe.
Kate's interpersonal and management skills have enabled her to build successful teams and nurture talent. Driven by passion, Kate consistently delivers in a fast-paced environment, working alongside clients to help them design and build their ideal facilities. Kate leads a team harnessing a range of expertise across both food & drink processing and industrial automation. She defines clear strategic objectives and ensures we provide leading services across all projects
Kate’s focus within SmartParc is to ensure every business coming to the Park has a well thought out and optimised factory design, providing the highest levels of efficiency, whilst encompassing emerging technologies in all areas to minimise operational costs.
Jackie Wild is a forward-thinking leader with strong attention to detail. She worked as a main Board Director of a £1.5bn food group, before founding leading design and construction group, TSL, in 2002.
Throughout her career, Jackie has developed excellent working relationships within the food industry. It became increasingly evident to her that our global food systems require radical change and, as a result, she founded SmartParc to change food production for good.
Jackie is a highly experienced public speaker, and has appeared in many large conferences and summits to speak about the future of the food industry. She recently spoke at the University of Oxford and was a speaker at this year’s Midlands Economic Summit alongside senior politicians, business leaders, academics and public servants.
Nurturing talent within the food industry is a core part of Jackie’s mission, with a Food Manufacturing Innovation & Technology Centre planned at our first Park – SmartParc SEGRO Derby. This will provide training opportunities, scalable manufacturing spaces for SMEs as well as opportunities to connect local schools with food production.
