Dr. Gordon Campbell

Dr. Gordon R. Campbell is Chief Executive Officer of SPAR International and is responsible for the world-wide development and co-ordination of the SPAR organisation. SPAR is the world’s largest organisation of independent retailers with over 13,600 SPAR stores in 33 countries. In 2007 SPAR had global annual retail sales of €27 billion.

Gordon Campbell has been responsible for the expansion of SPAR into many new countries most notably the large developing markets of China, India and Russia.

He has knowledge of all aspects of food distribution and production having been Sales and Marketing Director of BWG Foods Ltd, Ireland, and Director of SPAR Ireland. Previously he was Business Development Manager and Chief Chemist with Ranks Ireland Ltd. He has a PhD in Biochemistry from trinity College, Dublin.

• Embassy of Ireland in the Netherlands
  

• Enterprise Ireland
  

• IDA Ireland
  

• Bord Bia
  

• Tourism Ireland
  

• Bord Iaschaigh Mhara (Irish Fisheries Board)
  

• Department of Enterprise, trade and Employment
  

• Royal Dutch Embassy in Ireland
  

• CBS (Statistics Netherlands)
  

• Central Statistics Office Ireland

• The Irish Club Netherlands