After four years of ‘carnage’, Dalton Philips is rebuilding profitability at convenience group Greencore and hoping to set it back on a path to growth

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Former DAA chief executive Dalton Philips set to return to airport campus in new role as head of convenience food giant

Shares in the group slid by as much as 9% this week as investors digested results

Company’s revenues and profits are up but volumes remain tight while costs continue to rise

Irish food group reports 10 per cent rise in revenue for year to the end of September

Food group says it will continue €58m share buyback scheme announced last year

Failure of rescue talks with prospective suitors puts 12,000 jobs at risk

Dalton Philips’ Range Rover cost State airports company €57, 000

Former CEO had Range Rover provided as part of his contract

Food company led by chief executive Dalton Philips saw shares rise in London as figures for financial year are ‘in line with current market expectations’

The food group has said results will be at the lower end of current market expectations for the year

Winner receives midweek overnight stay at the Muckross Park Hotel & Spa in Co Kerry

Incoming CEO will be expected to reinvigorate strategy in challenging business environment as share trade at levels seen a decade ago

Carrier resumed its twice daily service between Dublin and Dubai on Thursday

Airlines that survived the pandemic intact now have a greater share of the market

Covid-19 has completely changed assumptions current charges are based on, DAA says

Philips to replace Patrick Coveney as chief executive of convenience foods producer

Drew Harris also insists vetting for security staff blamed for delays at Dublin Airport ‘working well’

Dalton Philips told department that delays in new system threatened the Irish economy