Meet the Team

Management Team

Philip Simpson

Commercial Director

Philip heads ReFood and SARIA’s petfood divisions in the UK and controls the Group’s supply chain and procurement activities. ReFood operates state-of-the-art Anaerobic Digestion plants at Doncaster, Widnes and London.

Prior to joining SARIA (formerly PDM Group) in 2002, Philip was responsible for the supply chain management of Europe’s largest biomass power plant operators; sourcing over 750,000 tonnes of agricultural and food residues for renewable power generation. He has over 20 years experience in the renewable power sector, developing innovative applications for turning food-industry residues into renewable energy and bio-fuels.

Philip has a wealth of management experience in the UK and overseas and graduated in Business and Finance and holds an MBA from the Open University.

Management Team

Richard Poskitt

Commercial Manager

Richard started his career with the SARIA (formerly PDM Group in the UK) in a Process planning and Quality Control role before transferring to the commercial team in 2008. His current role involves the national management of raw material supplies to SARIA’s rendering, petfood ingredient manufacturing and food waste processing plants.

Richard has been a key figure in the development of ReFood’s customer base, working closely with key local, regional and national suppliers to optimise the efficiency of the Doncaster plant supply chain.

Following on from the success of the Doncaster plant, Richard and his team further developed the customer base for the Widnes and London ReFood plants.

In addition to controlling the supply of raw material to the ReFood plants and managing the wide range of key customers, Richard also has responsibility for developing the agricultural markets for the organic fertilisers produced by the AD process.

Management Team

Laura Moffatt

Service Delivery Manager

Laura has a broad range of experience in commercial and sales roles in business-to-business markets and joined ReFood as a Sales & Logistics Executive in 2011, looking after new and existing customer accounts across the Yorkshire Region. She has since progressed to become the Manager of the Service Delivery Centre.

As well as setting up and managing the Service Delivery department to ensure the best customer service to all of ReFood's clients, Laura works alongside depot managers to monitor individual teams and maintain the highest standard. Laura takes full responsibility for the flow of data between ReFood's commercial / supply chain and account teams and is also closely involved in the development of the ReFood brand through local marketing and trade events across the region.

Management Team

Amy Clark

Accounts & Administration Manager

Amy joined ReFood in 2011 as Accounts and Administration Manager after a successful career in Accounting Practice and the Manufacturing sector.

As a key member of the management team responsible for the development of the first ReFood plant in the UK, Amy has been closely involved in establishing management control systems and procedures for Doncaster and the new plants under development. Amy is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).

Doncaster Team

Maria L'Ala

Regional Sales Manager

Maria joined the Doncaster team in February 2015 as a Sales and Logistics Executive, looking after customers in the North and East Yorkshire region.

With many years’ experience in the B2B sector in Business Development management roles, Maria looks after existing customers across the region as well as developing new business opportunities.