Host Contract Management unveils new appointments to senior management

Alan McDonald has become the regional director for Scotland. McDonald joins Host from Elior where he was operations director for Scotland. Based in Newton Mearns, Glasgow, he has also worked with Sodexo and brings over 23 years of contract catering experience to Host. McDonald will oversee operations and sales in Scotland. Meanwhile Paul Blacker has become operations director – south, from his previous position as operations group manager for Baxter Storey and Jon Fassam becomes operations manager – south, also from Baxter Storey. Blacker and Fassam join the client focused team headed by UK operations director Deborah Homshaw. Two former Aramark sales executives have joined Host this month. Martin Jones is now the new sales director – south, from a previous job as Aramark regional sales director, and Dave Croshaw has been appointed as sales director – north, also from a previous position as sales director for Aramark. Both Jones and Croshaw join the Host sales team who report to UK sales director Andrew Scott. In addition, there have been two internal promotions at Host. Tim Priestman is the new operations director – North and Donna Debenedictis has become senior operations manager. Host chief executive officer Bill Toner said: "We have now put together a team of people who know the market and who bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to Host. "Our aim is to deliver on the promises we make, become an extension to our clients' team, be approachable and to work with our clients in providing the catering service that they want. I'm confident our new-look team will deliver this pledge and enable us to carry out our strategy for growth in the UK."