Leading Kerfoot today is a team of oil, food manufacturing, personal care industry and business experts who truly care about the business.

Meet the team

Sarah Bradley

Chief Executive Officer

Natacha Bidna

Chief Finance Officer

Rachel Atkins

Chief Operating Officer

Simon Corner

Sales and Marketing Director

Sarah Stokes

HR Director

Luc Emprin

Speciality Oils Commercial Director

Sarah Bradley

Chief Executive Officer

With a 20-year career in the food sector including FMCG multi-site UK and global branded businesses, Sarah joined Kerfoot in 2017 to lead the integration of Kerfoot into the Avril Group and accelerate the business growth agenda. She is an accomplished business leader who is passionate about creating a performance driven values led culture.

Natacha Bidna

Chief Finance Officer

Natacha joined Avril Group in 2018 after gaining over 15 years of experience in the finance departments of food brands Lactalis and Axereal. Taking responsibility for Finance at Kerfoot from 2021 and working with the team to support business decisions and perform the financial process and cash management

Rachel Atkins

Chief Operating Officer

Joining Kerfoot in 2018, Rachel brings 25 years’ experience across UK FMCG, holding leadership roles in sales through to procurement and supply chain. She believes strong collaboration and teamwork is the key to success in a consistently positive environment.

Simon Corner

Commercial Director, Refined Oils

Simon has wealth of experience across the refined oils category having worked across all aspects of the Kerfoot business over the last decade. Following the acquisition this is included secondment in France to facilitate the business integration and commercial growth projects. Simon is responsible for setting the UK commercial strategy and has a leadership role on the Avril refined oils team.

Sarah Stokes

HR Director

Sarah progressed from Kerfoot HR Manager to HR Director in 2017 having previously worked in large scale retail. A consummate Human Resources professional, Sarah takes enormous pride in the cultural development of the Kerfoot business leading its vision and values commitments on a daily basis.

Luc Emprin

Commercial Director, Speciality Oils

Luc joined the company in 2018 to lead the commercial development of the Kerfoot speciality oils business. An experienced sales development leader, Luc has extensive expertise in Life Sciences and Industrial markets delivering international sales through his EMEA network and global account management knowledge.