Ronnie Bell has chaired his last meeting of the board of struggling foods group Premier Foods. He will be replaced on an interim basis as Chairman by the group's Senior Independent Director, David Beever.
Bell has only been in the chair at Britain's largest food manufacturer, famous for brands such as Hovis, Mr Kipling and Sharwoods, for 21 months but it has been a tumultuous time as the group struggled to cope with its mountain of debt, built up by an acquisition spree under the previous management team.
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