Greencore high-flier

Patrick Kennedy's appetite for some hands-on involvement has been well satisfied over the last three years.

One of the attractions of joining Greencore in 1998was the prospect of corporate activity.

Since the group's acquisition of Hazlewood Foods in 2001, the young chief financial officer has been behind the disposal or closure of 30 business units.

Kennedy, who qualified as an accountant at KPMG via the less trodden path of the corporate finance department, ...