UK & IRELAND. SSP Group has announced the addition of experienced food & beverage industry executive David Beardmore to its UK & Ireland division as Chief Commercial Officer.
He takes on a key role in the global travel restaurateur’s Executive Leadership Team, with responsibility for SSP’s food & beverage brands in the UK & Ireland airport, rail station and motorway service area markets.
Beardmore’s most recent position was with supermarket group Tesco, where he spent the last 15 years as Impulse Director for Tesco UK.
Alongside that role, he also had a ten-year stint as Packaged Food, BWS & Tesco Brand Director for Tesco Lotus in Bangkok, Thailand (2010-2020).
Earlier in his career, Beardmore performed a series of senior commercial, brand and supply chain leadership roles at Unilever, SC Johnson and Premier Foods.
A note from SSP on LinkedIn said: “We’re pleased to welcome David Beardmore to our UK&I Executive Leadership team as our new Chief Commercial Officer leading the end-to-end customer journey for our own, concept and franchise brands. We are excited to have you onboard, David.” 
