Wincanton PLC, a supply chain partner for UK businesses, including Waitrose, EDF Energy and BAE Systems, is pleased to announce the appointment of John Pattullo OBE as a non-executive director. When Patullo joins in November, he will also be appointed as a member of the company’s audit and nomination committees.

Pattullo has been senior independent director of Redde Northgate, a FTSE 250 supplier of integrated mobility solutions, since 2019. He has previously chaired the board of V Group and has served as senior independent director of Electrocomponents plc (now RS Group). He has also been chair of NHS Blood & Transplant, Marken Logistics and In Kind Direct, one of The Prince’s Charities.

In his executive career, Pattullo was CEO of Ceva Logistics between 2007 and 2012. Before that, he worked for Exel plc/DHL, where he led the EMEA logistics business. He has also held a number of senior global supply chain appointments with Procter & Gamble.

Sir Martin Read CBE, chair of Wincanton, commented: “We are very pleased to have secured someone of John’s wide experience in consumer goods and logistics and as a non-executive across a range of other industries. He will be a great asset to the Wincanton Board.”