A NEW operations director has been appointed to the bakery company, Elisabeth the Chef.

Steve Eastham will take responsibility for the company's three production sites in Worcester, Leamington and Southam, where he is responsible for ensuring all operations targets are run on budget and to standard.

"I am delighted to be joining a growing company like Elisabeth the Chef at this time in its development," said Steve, who is married with two children and lists golf and tennis among his hobbies.

"We are building strong relationships with our key customers - the major multiple retailers in the UK - and I am looking forward to enhancing those relationships as a result of our planned programme of site investments and improvements."