She served as a Finance Director in Coldwater since March that year. Anita has 15 years experience in the food industry holding a variety of senior financial and operational roles, the most recent one as Head of Finance with Geest Ltd. Prior employers include Northern Foods, Boots Company Plc where Anita was responsible for the European Finance team and Hazlewood Foods Plc. Anita obtained her BA (Hons) degree in accounting and finance at Trent University, Nottingham and qualified as an ACA in 1984.