Sarah will succeed Susan Barratt, who is stepping down as chief executive on 30th June 2023. Sarah has more than 25 years’ experience in retail, most recently as group quality director at Tesco where she was responsible for delivering high-quality safe products, sustainability, agriculture and regulatory compliance.
Ash Amirahmadi, chair of IGD’s Board of Trustees, said: “I am delighted that IGD has attracted such a trusted and respected industry leader as Sarah to lead the next phase of its journey. She has a deep knowledge and experience of the key challenges and opportunities facing the food and consumer goods industry and her appointment underlines the scale of IGD’s ambition to keep driving tangible change.
“I’m very much looking forward to working with Sarah in the months ahead; her dynamism, track record of developing teams and driving change through complex stakeholder management will help the IGD team to build on the strong platform that has been established under Susan’s leadership.”