Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> July 1, 2002

Martin Davey – Cranswick Plc (cwk.l)

Martin Davey is a Chartered Accountant and joined Cranswick as finance director in early 1985 when the company operated from a single site manufacturing animal feed and was owned by a group of Yorkshire farming families. The management team took the company onto the UK Stock Market later that year with a market cap of 4m. Martin was subsequently appointed Chief Executive and, along with a skilled management team, built the business into a multi-site operation with a market cap of 200m. Martin is 48 years old, married with 3 children, enjoys sport and in fact still plays football Profile
TWST: Can we start out with an introduction to Cranswick including an

historical sketch?

Mr. Davey: Carnswick PLC started in the 1970s when a group of farmers

in Yorkshire in the UK provided