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Stephanie Newitt

Stephanie Newitt

Managing Director

​Stephanie is Managing Director and founder of DR Newitt. Following a successful career in Food & Drink Recruitment which started in 1994, she set up the first and only Recruitment Consultancy in Scotland servicing the Food, Drinks and FMCG industry UK and Worldwide. ​Stephanie and D R Newitt have some exciting news to share...

Forbes Gunn

Forbes Gunn

Group Business Director

​Forbes is Company Director of D R Newitt covering both the Edinburgh & Manchester offices. He is responsible for overseeing all Sales divisions, including Technical, Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, Commercial, Sales, Finance, Executive, International, both on a Permanent and Interim basis. ​Forbes has been with the c...

Ryan Flannigan

Ryan Flannigan

Business Director

​ Ryan has been an integral part of D R Newitt for a since 2013, beginning his career as a Recruitment Consultant and working his way up to Business Director. He leads an extensive team of consultants specialising in Engineering, Operations & Logistics recruitment within the Food & Drinks Industry. Before joining D R Newitt Rya...

Ryan Buckley

Ryan Buckley

Associate Director

​Ryan has been with DR Newitt since 2018 and is responsible for our Technical and Supply Chain Division in Edinburgh. He heads up an established team that cover all aspects of Technical, Quality and Supply Chain Recruitment in the food and beverage industry. Ryan and his team take pride in delivering the best customer service to our clients a...

Richard Parsons

Richard Parsons

Associate Director

​Richard has worked at D R Newitt since 2008. Starting as a Trainee Recruitment Consultant, he progressed to Senior Consultant and he now currently manages a team of consultants specialising in Sales & Marketing within the Food & Drinks Industry. Richard’s specialist area is Commercial focussing on Sales and Marketing positions from G...

Gareth Baerecke

Gareth Baerecke

Associate Director

​Gareth has had an extensive career at DR Newitt, starting as a Recruitment Consultant and working his way up to Associate Director. He manages a team of consultants specialising in New Product Development within the Food & Drinks Industry. Gareths specialist area is NPD focussing on NPD, Development Chef and Process positions from Gradua...