UK gluten-free baker Genius Foods has appointed former Marks and Spencer executive Ernie Finch to its board.

Finch has joined Genius as a non-executive director of the company, the firm said today (4 August). He spent 30 years with M&S, where he held technical, operational and strategic roles and worked in new business development at the UK retailer.

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He is currently a non-executive director at Robert Wiseman Dairies and has a number of other roles in the private and public sectors, Genius said.

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