LONDON, ENGLAND — Joe Brennan recently was promoted to head of technical and regulatory affairs for UK Flour Millers, leading the association’s engagement across areas including technical, regulatory and sustainability. 

Brennan, who joined UK Flour Millers in 2016, heads a team of two new recruits who joined the organization in October, including Ariane Derimay, environment and sustainability manager, and Paula Papa, technical and regulatory affairs officer. 

Derimay joins UK Flour Millers having worked on Mondelez International’s Harmony program, developing more sustainable wheat farming in collaboration with farmers, cooperatives, and millers to produce biscuits. She has a master’s degree in biochemistry from Pierre and Marie Curie University, a master’s degree in quality from Tours University, and a certificate from the University of Cambridge’s Institute for Sustainability Leadership, Business and Climate Change: Towards New Zero Emissions. 

Papa brings a technical background from her bachelor’s degree in human nutrition at Coventry University and master’s degree in food science from the University of Reading. 

Liliane Baines joined the team in mid-September as communications manager. Baines has a bachelor’s degree in international studies from College of Charleston and a master’s degree in business administration and master’s degree in advertising and public relations from Richmond American University London.

“Our strengthened team is set to support our members and address the challenges of the future in an industry that is part of the backbone of UK food security,” said Alistair Gale, chief executive officer, UK Flour Millers. “Ariane, Liliane and Paula join our existing London-based team which together provides the technical, communications, training, and events services on which our members benefit.”