Finn
Cottle
Group Marketing Director, Noble Foods
Finn joined Noble Foods as Group Marketing Director in 2006, having had almost twenty years of experience with two of the UK’s leading supermarket groups.
From 1997 to 2004 she held various positions across the Buying Team at Sainsburys including Senior Manager of Non Foods and Senior Manager of Dairy. Her last position at Sainsburys was Senior Manager of Fresh Foods Development, a job which she described as ‘the ultimate role for someone who is passionate about cooking and eating food’!
She moved to Bristol to take up a Buying Director position with Somerfield in 2004 where she lead the Fresh Foods Buying Team through a challenging period of change, while managing to raise the quality and appearance of Fresh Foods within stores.
Finn has always been actively involved in forging links with farming producers to better understand their needs, and to explore ways of bringing more successful innovation to retail shelves.
Rob Newell
Head of Marketing, Noble Foods
For Rob the chicken definitely came before the egg! He started his food career working in a marketing role developing fresh turkey and processed poultry products for Sun Valley Foods based in Hereford.
In 1996 Rob joined the egg industry with Daylay Foods holding roles in Trade Marketing and Sales before becoming Head of Marketing for Deans Foods in 2005. During his tenure he has overseen the development of most of the egg industry’s leading brands including Big&Fresh, Woodland Eggs and pioneered the healthy eggs category with Columbus Omega3.
Working with major retailers, Rob’s focus has been on bringing Category Management principles to the egg business, turning consumer insight into on shelf success.
