Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> November 8, 1999

Neil Davidson – Express Dairies Plc (exd.l)

NEIL DAVIDSON, aged 47, is the Chief Executive Officer of Express Dairies Plc. Mr Davidson was previously Managing Director of Northern Foods Dairy business until the dairy business demerged in March 1998. He joined Northern Foods in 1977 and held a number of senior executive positions within the Northern Group before he was appointed to the Board in 1994. He is Vice-President of the European Dairy Association, past President of the Dairy Industry Federation and a non-executive director of Northern Recruitment Group plc. Mr Davidson graduated in Psychology from the University of Nottingham and holds a Masters degree in the same subject from the University of London. He is married with two children. Profile
TWST: Why don't you give me an overview of Express Dairies, a little bit

of history about yourselves; what are your core activities, and where do

you see yourselves today?

Mr. Davidson: The