Senior Management
The combined strength of our management team means Meadow Foods is ideally placed to help customers and producers navigate today's complex dairy market. Our executive team includes professionals from the farming, food manufacturing and dairy industries to give us a complete understanding of the market.
Simon Chantler, Chairman
As a graduate of Cirencester Agricultural College and former farmer himself, Simon understands the challenges faced by dairy producers across the UK. One of the founders of Meadow Foods, Simon is still very much involved in the business as a major shareholder.
Paul Deakin, Managing Director
From a corporate finance background working at Rothschild and NatWest, Paul moved into the dairy industry as executive chairman at United Milk. Paul joined Meadow Foods in 2005 as a non-executive chairman before becoming managing director in 2007.
Norman Oldmeadow, Deputy Managing Director
Having worked in food manufacturing for Mars Confectionary, Norman later moved into dairy trading, building a successful food ingredients business specialising in butter and butteroil. In 1992 he co-founded Meadow Foods and he currently sits on the boards of the Provision Trade Association and Eucolait, the trade association representing EC dairy manufacturing and trading companies.
Damian McDonald, Finance Director
After graduating with a Civil Engineering degree, Damian moved into finance and spent ten years as an audit accountant with PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Damian joined the accounts team at Meadow Foods in 1994 before taking over as finance director in 1997.
Ron Middleton, Sales Director
With almost 30 years experience in the dairy industry, Ron has unrivalled market knowledge. Originally a creamery manager with Express Foods, he switched to sales in 1989 and now heads up Meadow Foods’ six-strong sales team working closely with some of the UK’s leading food manufacturers.
John Lambert, Director - Holme Moor
John is director of our sweetened products processing site in Holme Moor, Yorkshire. Prior to working at Meadow Foods he was previously commercial director at Express Dairies Distribution.