Parfetts appoints Mark Bottomley as a head of trading

Parfetts has appointed Mark Bottomley as head of trading for beer, soft drinks and crisps, snacks & nuts.

Bottomley (pictured) joins the employee-owned wholesaler after nearly seven years at Unitas Wholesale, most recently as senior trading controller and before that as trading controller for confectionery, biscuits and protein.

Prior to Unitas, he spent two-and-a-half years at Today’s, firstly as digital business development controller and then as trading controller for soft drinks, crisps & snacks and protein.

Bottomley’s 25-plus years of experience in buying, marketing and sales has also included stints at Suntory as senior customer business manager and at Country Range Group as trading manager.

In addition, he spent nearly 14 years at Batleys in various roles including retail club manager and wines & spirits buyer.