My Food Bag picks all-star board for IPO

Fri, 15 Jan 2021

Meal kit company My Food Bag has bolstered its board with experienced directors as it tests the waters for an initial public offer in the coming months.The five co-founders - which include celebrity chef Nadia Lim and business icon Theresa Gattung - have all stepped down from the board, and been replaced by the new set of directors who may take the company public.This effort will be led by newly appointed chair Tony Carter, a former Foodstuffs chief executive who chaired the board of Fisher & Paykel Healthcare and Air New Zealand until late...

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