Produce World has appointed Phil Jones as group finance director. Jones joins the vegetable grower and supplier from engineering contractor T Jolly Services Ltd. He has also worked as finance director at Christian Salvesen and Experian.

He has an honours degree in maths from Oxford University and began his career with accountancy firm Touche Ross.

William Burgess, CEO at Produce World, said: “The appointment of Phil Jones further strengthens our executive team, and continues the trend of recent appointments from outside the produce industry. We have built a very strong and experienced executive team that will enable us to apply best practices to our business.

“The recent re-structuring of the Produce World group has put us in an excellent position to face the challenges ahead in providing high quality service and products to our customers, whilst operating a sustainable business for the future.”