Antonio Singh Boparan appointed MD of 2 Sisters Food Group
A convicted criminal who has twice served time in prison is one of the top brass at the 2 Sisters Food Group, it has been confirmed.
Antonio Singh Boparan, 30, is one of six managing directors at the Black Country food manufacturer – Britain’s third largest – which was founded by his father Ranjit Singh Boparan.
The firm confirmed yesterday Antonio is currently managing director of its subsidiary UK poultry(chicken) sites – and was appointed more than a year ago.
He is 'one of six subsidiary business MDs who run the various divisions of the business'.
Antonio has held other senior roles, including managing director of other subsidiaries, since 2011, a spokesman added.
His father remains the chief executive officer at the firm.
But 30-year-old Antonio has a chequered past.
Cerys Edwards was left brain damaged, paralysed and unable to breathe without a ventilator after his 4x4 smashed head on into her parents’ car in 2006.
Antonio served six months of a 21-month sentence after being found guilty of dangerous driving.
The court heard he was driving on the wrong side of Streetly Lane in Sutton Coldfield in his parents’ Range Rover.
Eleven-month-old Cerys was left brain damaged, paralysed and unable to breathe without a ventilator after the incident – and died nine years later.
A statement issued on Boparan’s behalf following Cerys’s death stated his ‘sorrow and regret’ over the incident.
It added: “Antonio remains deeply remorseful of his actions as a teenager nine years ago and their tragic consequences.”
In 2015, the chicken empire heir was sentenced to twelve months in prison for his part in a brutal bar attack in Birmingham’s Brindley Place.
Antonio Boparan was part of a group involved in a fight at the Nuvo bar which left victim Jarondeep Kooner blind in his left eye.
He pleaded guilty to violent disorder and assault in the VIP room of the bar.
The company, which employs around 1,500 people in the West Midlands, supplies food to major supermarkets including Tesco and has plants in West Bromwich and Wolverhampton.
Back in June, the business confirmed its site in Bevan Way, Smethwick was closing down – putting hundreds of jobs at risk.
