Board Director
Ann Elizabeth Savage, born in 1957, worked for UK meal kit manufacturer and retailer Gousto from 2018 to 2022, where she was in an advisory role and headed the Food Technical function.
Savage previously served as Group Technical Director of Bakkavor. Her primary responsibilities have included food safety, health and safety management, manufacturing excellence and corporate social responsibility management in the UK, US and Asia. She has held a variety of roles in technical and research and development departments within the retail and food industry over her 40-year career. She worked for the Cooperative Wholesale Society (CWS), Northern Foods from 1990 until 1999 and at Geest/Bakkavor for over 19 years.
Savage’s responsibilities have included representing businesses with UK regulators such as Food Standards Agency, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, and Health Protection England. She has chaired the Food Network for Ethical Trade, the IGD Technical Leadership Forum and has been a member of the advisory group for the Better Regulation Task Force and the British Retail Consortium Advisory Board. Savage has worked closely with UK retailers to deliver on their corporate social responsibility commitments and to develop reporting procedures. She has experience in operational management, product development and incident management. She has worked with Farm Africa in Tanzania and Kenya to support African endeavors in tilapia fish farming and beekeeping. She is a member of her parish council and previously served as a Governor of Boston College, a college of further education in the UK.
Savage has no conflict of interest links with the company’s main customers, competitors, or major shareholders.
Education
- Mathematics, Technology and Systems Management, Open University
- Post Graduate Diploma in Management Studies, Nottingham University
Board of directors
- Board Director since 2013
Sub-committees
- Audit Committee
Holdings in Marel
- 0 (as of 30 August 2022)
