Moy Park director wins an IoD UK Director of the Year Award

Mike Mullan, Moy Park HR Director Europe has been named UK Director of the Year for Leadership in Corporate Responsibility at the prestigious Institute of Directors UK awards.

The IoD UK director of the year awards celebrate directors at the forefront of leadership excellence and recognise those who are leading their field.

Mike was awarded IoD Northern Ireland director of the year in the same category earlier this year and was shortlisted as a finalist at the national UK Awards which were held in London.

Commenting on the accolade, Mike Mullan said: “I am very honoured to pick up this UK-wide award for leadership in corporate responsibility. This is really an accolade for every member of the Moy Park team. Moy Park is a values led company and is very much committed to working in a responsible manner with all our varied and valued stakeholders. It is my great privilege to work with an outstanding team of people, whom I would like to thank for their dedication to this important area of work."

Earlier this year Moy Park was recognised, for the third year running, in Business in the Community's Corporate Responsibility Index (CR Index), achieving a '3 Star' rating in the UK's leading and most in-depth voluntary benchmark of corporate responsibility. In 2013 Moy Park was the first company in the UK poultry industry and the first business from Northern Ireland to be recognised in the CR Index. In recent months the company has also been recognised with a RoSPA Health & Safety Award and the IGD John Sainsbury Learning and Development Award