But going to the UK was a very good decision - Dawson is now global president of Mars, overseeing food, drink, and multi-sales for a $35bn company. It was part of a five-year global health initiative by the company whereby it announced that as "some Mars Food products are higher in salt, added sugar or fat", these "products are not intended to be eaten daily". "It is always very humbling when you see the Mars bar is still one of the great icons and people still use it as currency, the price of a Mars bar," Dawson says. Alongside her at the top table of the multinational are members of the elusive Mars family, the third-richest family in the US. Honestly you feel part of the Mars family, the family feel extends throughout all of our 100,000 associates," she says.

Source: Irish Independent December 02, 2018 18:00 UTC