New Vice-Chairman announced at Lakeland Dairies

New Vice-Chairman announced at Lakeland Dairies

Left to right: Michael Hanley, Group Chief Executive; Colin Kelso, Vice-Chairman and Alo Duffy, Chairman, of Lakeland Dairies.

Lakeland Dairies has announced the appointment of Mr. Colin Kelso, a dairy farmer from Dungannon, County Tyrone as Vice-Chairman of the Co-operative.  

Mr. Kelso joined the Board of Lakeland Dairies in 2013. He succeeds Gerry Melia who has served with distinction as Vice-Chairman since 2012 and who continues as a Board Member.

Lakeland Dairies’ Chairman, Alo Duffy welcomed Colin Kelso as Vice-Chairman  and also paid tribute to outgoing Vice-Chairman, Gerry Melia for his excellent service to the co-operative.

Lakeland Dairies is one of Ireland’s leading dairy processing co-operatives.  Farmer owned Lakeland operates across fifteen counties on a cross border basis, processing over 1 Billion litres of milk annually into a wide range of value-added dairy foodservice products and food ingredients which it exports worldwide.