Constellation Cold Logistics appoints Thomas Hughes as Ireland Managing Director and rebranding of Irish entities

Constellation Cold Logistics (“Constellation”) announces today the appointment of Thomas Hughes as Managing Director for Constellation Ireland. The announcement follows the recent acquisition of VF Coldstores Limited (“VF”) in Dublin and Colso Coldstorage Limited (“Colso”) in Cork, which completed on 20 October 2023.

Formerly Managing Director Ireland for Americold, Thomas brings 25 years of industry experience and has a strong track record in the Irish market. He started his career as a general warehouse operative, and has a deep practical knowledge of warehouse operations, the coldstorage business and the Irish market. 

Thomas joins Constellation to lead the Ireland operations. His leadership will facilitate Constellation’s growth plans in Ireland and the integration of VF and Colso. Thomas will work closely alongside Vincent Flanagan at VF and Deirdre Collins at Colso. 

“I am really looking forward to working with Vincent, Deirdre, and the rest of the Constellation team”, said Thomas. “There is a great opportunity to grow the business further and support Irish food production and supply chains, and I am excited to be leading this”.

Carlos Rodriguez, Constellation’s CEO, said “I’ve known and worked with Thomas for many years, I am confident that he is the right person to work with the VF and Colso teams, lead our growth strategy in Ireland and support our existing and new customers”.

Constellation Ireland’s entities VF and Colso will also be rebranded to Constellation Cold Logistics Dublin Limited (“Constellation Dublin”) and Constellation Cold Logistics Cork Limited (“Constellation Cork”) in the next few weeks. This follows the rebranding of the rest of the Constellation network that completed on 25 September. The rebranding will help bring the Irish entities closer to the rest of Constellation, and allow the company to better share capabilities throughout our network.

Constellation is Europe’s leading independent cold storage and logistics provider with approximately 630,000 pallet positions of temperature-controlled capacity and a presence across seven European countries.

Constellation is a portfolio company of Arcus Infrastructure Partners, an independent fund manager with significant experience in European infrastructure investments. Constellation’s ownership structure also includes original founders alongside Arcus, ensuring a continued tradition of entrepreneurship and excellent customer service in each location we operate.