Ireland-based fresh produce grower-importer Keelings has announced that it has made a double appointment to its European team, bringing in Steve Rudge and Mathieu Leveque.
Rudge has joined the group from Tesco, where he previously held the role of category manager for salads.
He has worked for Tesco in numerous different positions, both in technical and commercial capacities, while he also spent five years working in Central Europe and has acquired a good knowledge of the market, Keelings said in a statement.
Meanwhile, Leveque comes to Keelings from Compagnie Fruitiere/Dole France, where he has spent the last two years helping to develop the European market.
He operated both in the UK and France for the group, where he was involved in a wide range of fresh fruit, and he has also developed a good technical knowledge of these crops having grown them in Africa.
