Co-op Wholesale appoints Lisa-Jayne Hanson as head of trading operations

Co-op Wholesale has appointed Lisa-Jayne Hanson as head of trading operations.

Hanson (pictured) joins the business from Bestway where she spent more than four years as category controller of own-brand and crisps, snacks & nuts.

Before that, Hanson was national account controller at PepsiCo and she also previously worked at Symington’s for two-and-a-half years and Britvic for nearly five years.

Earlier in her career, she spent nearly 10 years at Nisa-Today’s in member recruitment and business development roles.

Hanson has an MBA in retailing from the University of Stirling.