MorePeople are delighted to announce that Ian Merton, the former Food Trading Director of Sainsbury’s Plc, has joined the MorePeople team as an Associate Director. Ian will be working with Guy Moreton, Michael Paske and Peter Durose on the continued development of MorePeople’s Director level recruitment services, and in particular will be helping us develop the range of recruitment and training solutions that we provide within the broad category of Fresh Food.

Ian brings to MorePeople a wealth of retail sector knowledge gained from a career spanning over 40 years in both food and non-food. Commenting on Ian’s appointment MorePeople Director Guy Moreton says “We are delighted that someone of Ian’s calibre and experience has chosen to join us here at MorePeople. His understanding of the needs and demands of UK retailers and what that means for companies operating in the fresh food supply chain can only benefit us in the sourcing and development of the talented individuals needed to ensure our clients stay at the forefront of the sectors they operate in.”

Ian’s appointment continues to demonstrate MorePeople’s commitment to developing a sector leading People Solutions business operating across all areas of the fresh food and horticultural supply chain. It also underlines our principle of only recruiting team members with practical hands on experience that is directly relevant to the areas they operate in and we believe this is all the more important when recruiting for senior manager and director level roles.

As is always the case for us here at MorePeople we are working on a number of exciting projects that are in the development stage at the moment and we believe that Ian’s experience and expertise will be a great asset to both us and all of our clients. 

In the meantime should you want to talk to us about the specific details of Ian’s appointment or have any recruitment, training or consultancy needs you would like to discuss please feel free to contact either Guy Moreton or Peter Hunt on 01780 480530.