Jones joined the global snacking firm earlier this month and will be responsible for quality and food safety across the entire business.
With several years of experience in the food and drink sector, Jones served as technical director at Innocent Drinks between September 2022 and January 2024. Prior to that, he worked as interim director for quality, safety and environment at Britvic (now Carlsberg Britvic).
Alongside these roles, Jones remains the managing director of RQM Associates, a consultancy firm he has worked for since July 2009.
Posting about his new role on LinkedIn, he said: “Delighted to announce that I have just started an interim role as Vice President Quality and Food Safety at pladis Global.
“[I am] really excited about the opportunity to work with such a great company with so many iconic brands around the globe. I already know some great people at pladis from prior roles and I am really looking forward to working with many more.
“This week, I am lucky enough to be meeting with the North American team and visiting the plants in Reading and Big Flats.”
Pladis – which owns brands such as McVitie’s, GODIVA, Jacob’s, Carr’s and Ülker – did not provide any further details about the appointment when approached by Food Manufacture.
The news comes just two months after former Pladis CEO Salman Amin stepped down with immediate effect due to personal reasons.
Chief financial officer Sridhar Ramamurthy and managing director for Europe and developing markets Tim Brett assumed temporary oversight of operations in his stead.
Then last month, Pladis announced that former UK and Ireland boss David Murray was stepping up into the newly created role of global chief commercial officer. He was replaced in the UK and Ireland by Mete Buyurgan, the former head of the firm’s Turkish, Eastern Europe and Central Asian business unit.
