Robert Richardson

Rob graduated from Durham University in 1986 and joined Scottish & Newcastle as a graduate trainee. Since then he has worked in a variety of roles over a highly successful 31 year career with S&N and Heineken following the acquisition in 2008. While mainly supply chain focussed Rob has also worked in Sales and HR. 

In more recent roles Rob was Production Director for the UK business between 2006 and 2010. He then moved to the Heineken business in New Zealand (DB Breweries) where he was Supply Chain Director for 3 years before moving to the Netherlands in 2013 to take on the role of Area Supply Chain Director for Heineken Europe region until he returned to the UK in 2018.

Rob's expertise is in leading large unionised work groups and has a track record of results improvement across all key aspects including safety, quality, service as well as operational efficiency. Rob enjoys developing people and is seen as well organised, enthusiastic and a strong communicator. He has experience of world class manufacturing, safety and compliance improvement, crisis management and organisational change.