Highland Spring Group, leading UK producer of natural source waters, has appointed Paul Dobson as Operations Director. He will lead all the Group’s operational functions including manufacturing, engineering, and supply chain.
Raised in Devon, Paul studied Electrical Engineering at Newcastle University and has over 35 years of manufacturing expertise, most recently in transformational leadership roles, with experience across many sectors and industries including food, pharma, electronics, and constructions.
Simon Oldham, Managing Director, Highland Spring Group said, “I am delighted to welcome Paul to the Highland Spring Group team. Paul joined us last year on an interim basis and in a very short space of time has made a hugely positive impact on the business.
“He brings an immense wealth of knowledge and experience which will enable us to continue to improve, enhance and grow our operational capabilities to meet the growing demands of retail partners and consumers for healthy, high-quality, British products.”
Paul Dobson, Operations Director, Highland Spring Group, said, “I am both delighted and excited to be joining Highland Spring Group which is a really special business with enormous potential and talented teams.
“I look forward to collaborating with those teams to take the company to the next level of improvement, and further growth to ensure its sustained success into the future.”
Earlier in March, it was reported that Highland Spring Group has successfully completed a competitive process to refinance its business.
The company has announced that the Bank of Scotland and Barclays, as its funding banks, will provide support as it progresses towards its stated ambition of £200 million sales by 2030.
In 2023, the business grew its sales in the year by 15.5 per cent to £130.6m and the Highland Spring brand consolidated its position as the UK’s number one plain water brand for a seventh successive year.
The company said the financial backing, which includes term and revolving credit facilities of £50m, will further accelerate the evolution of the brand and business to meet the growing demands of retail partners and consumers for healthy, high-quality, British products.
