Get to know us
Meet our Senior Leadership Team
Adam Starkey
Founder | Owner​
Adam founded the business 30 years ago with a grant from the Prince of Wales trust. Adam is a futurist speaker, and a factory process expert.​
Mike Hanley
Managing Director
Mike joined the business 5 years ago, and came from a corporate background, including CSM, ASDA & Premier Foods. Mike fosters a trust based empowered culture, centred around high performance, having aligned the business to a vision, mission and a refreshed strategy for growth.​
Robin Bussey
Finance Director​
Robin joined the business in March 2020 and worked with Mike to steer the business through the Pandemic, achieving a positive net profit & balance sheet movement every year. Robin is ex-GE and has PE experience.​
Neil Humphries
Sales Director​
Neil is our longstanding market facing lead, with relationships in the industry spanning two decades. Customer focused; Neil’s understanding of the specific markets & categories is unparalleled.​
Caroline Barnes
Director of People
& Performance​
Caroline has been with GG for 7 years, with a Mothercare background & has been instrumental in organisational design to meet the vision. Engagement consistently ranks at 90% and the business has been awarded Great Place to Work, Best for Women and Best for Well Being.​
Hannah Troughton
Head of Supply Chain​
Hannah recently joined from Princes Foods to build a supply chain to meet the aspirations of the company. She has managed our recent cold-store move and works to ensure OTIF and service levels are maintained in the challenging post-Brexit environment.
Dom Pelling
Director of Innovation
& Sustainability​
Dom has been with the business for 5 years with a passion for product development he has created concepts across all our channels with specific knowledge of foodservice and travel.
Dom also heads up sustainability and instrumental in gaining
B –Corp certification for the business.​
Vision
Making a difference to people and planet through food.
Mission
To be the best at food innovation, most responsive, most creative and most trusted
Committed to change
Green Gourmet has set the bar high with board objectives that are ambitious and game-changing.
Every day we ensure we align with these commitments, challenging the norm to deliver these important targets that not only improve the business but in turn help people and our planet.
People
Be a great place to work for our employees and reduce child food poverty by donating 2000kg of food to Fareshare, 250kg of food to local charities by June 2023, and supporting our customers to deliver breakfast clubs and holiday feeding programs.
Profit
Deliver net profit targets through our key channels of foodservice, travel and retail to fund people and planet objectives.
VIEW OUR 2021/2022 IMPACT REPORT
Planet
Become a sustainable business, certified by B-Corp. Remove plastic packaging from all our products by 2023 and work to reduce emissions across our business, offsetting all scope 1 and 2 emissions as a minimum.
