Arla Foods’ Ash Amirahmadi elected The Dairy Council chairman
The Dairy Council has announced that Ash Amirahmadi, senior vice president of sales at Arla Foods UK, has been elected chairman of The Dairy Council.
Ash Amirahmadi said today: “It is a privilege to take on the role of chairman of this organisation which has a proud record in communicating the many benefits of dairy.”
The Dairy Council is a non-profit making organisation which provides science-based information on the role of dairy foods as part of a healthy, balanced and sustainable diet. It provides evidenced based information to health professionals, the media, industry and consumers.
The appointment underlines Arla’s commitment to become the champion of British dairy. Earlier this year, Arla launched its UK Strategy 2020 plan, it’s most ambitious business plan to date, with the aim to make Arla synonymous with dairy health and to increase dairy consumption. One of the 2020 commitments is to invest over £100 million in promoting a series of new healthier dairy products and campaigns to encourage more nutritious eating habits and challenge some of the current myths about dairy.
To read the Dairy Council’s press release, click here.
Arla Foods is a global dairy company and co-operative owned by 12,700 dairy farmers with circa 2,700 of whom are British.
Dating back to 1881, Arla’s purpose is to secure the highest value for its farmers’ milk, while creating opportunities for their growth. With production facilities in 11 countries and sales offices in a further 30, Arla is the world’s fifth largest dairy company and largest supplier of organic dairy products. Arla has a total of more than 18,000 colleagues and its products are sold under the well-known brands Arla®, Lurpak® and Castello® in more than 100 countries.
Arla Foods UK is the largest dairy company in the country and is home to leading dairy brands Anchor®, Cravendale, and Lactofree® with a turnover of €2.9 billion. As well as being a leading supplier of fresh milk, number one in butter, spreads and cream, Arla is the UK’s largest cheese manufacturer. It has also built the world’s largest fresh milk facility located at Aylesbury and has plans for it to be the first zero carbon site of its kind. The UK business has a team of approximately 3,500 colleagues located at its dairies, distribution centres and head office.