Ben Maxted

Ben joined the Group in 2011 as Finance Director of the Automatic Retailing business, a role which he held for three years before his appointment as Managing Director of Eden Farm (following its acquisition by the Group in 2014). Since then, Ben has led the growth of the Frozen and Chilled division, successfully integrating four acquisitions into the Group. Ben is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales having trained at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he spent three years in its Corporate Finance division. He obtained a degree in Business Accounting and Finance at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Ben was appointed to the Kitwave Board as Chief Operating Officer in November 2021.