Calum Macrae

Regional Managing Director Nestlé PURINA PetCare.

📍 United Kingdom, United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 3 investments📅 9 years investing🗓 Last invested Apr 2020
Angel investor🌍 United Kingdom
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Board Member
May 2018
Hi, we’re Tails.com. A pet food subscription company with a big mission. We believe there should be no average dog food because no dog is average. So we deliver 100% tailored nutrition to each and every dog we serve. It all starts with a few simple questions about your dog’s age, breed, activity level and flavour preferences. Then our experts create a one-in-a-million kibble blend – just for them. Everything they need and a taste they love, delivered to your door every month. It’s pretty clever stuff. We’re cooking up big plans. Having created an entirely new category in pet food, we’re scaling fast in the UK and Europe – backed by Purina, one of the world’s largest pet food companies. In 2024 we became B Corp certified. But its more than a badge, its how we operate. Every member of our team is committed to upholding high social and environmental standards, to create a better world for dogs - and humans - for generations to come. We’re working together towards a common goal – to change the world of pet food for good.
mid stageManufacturing
Member of Board of Nestle UK
Apr 2017
As the world’s largest food and beverage company we are driven by a simple aim: unlocking the power of food to enhance quality of life for everyone, today and for generations to come. To deliver on this, we serve with passion, with a spirit of excellence, offering products and services for all stages of life, every moment of the day, helping people care for themselves and their families. Our culture is based on our values rooted in respect: respect for ourselves, respect for others, respect for diversity and respect for the future. We can trace our origin back to 1866, when the first European condensed milk factory was opened in Cham, Switzerland, by the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company. One year later, Henri Nestlé, a trained pharmacist, launched one of the world’s first prepared infant cereals ‘Farine lactée’ in Vevey, Switzerland. Today, we employ around 273,000 people and have factories or operations in almost every country in the world. With our headquarters still based in the Swiss town of Vevey, we had sales of CHF 84.3 billion in 2020. Our portfolio covers almost every food and beverage category –offering products and services for all stages of life, every moment of the day, helping people care for themselves and their families. House rules: https://nes.tl/HouseRules
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2020
Board Member
Apr 2020
Lily’s Kitchen are a challenger brand - pet food pioneers. We make wholesome, natural pet food for cats and dogs. We’re a hard working, honest lot. Lily is a real dog, and so is her kitchen. When Lily was ill, it was her owner Henrietta’s homemade cooking that made Lily better. Other dog owners wanted the recipes, and Henrietta set to work. From a kitchen in Hampstead, Lily’s Kitchen cat and dog foods are now sold in over 1,000 stockists, like Waitrose, Tesco, Ocado, organic food shops, vets, independent pet shops and garden centres all over the UK and in over 16 countries much further afield. Named in the Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100 three years in a row we’re a fast-growing company founded on passion and innovation. How innovative can a pet food company be (we hear you cry)? Innovative enough to win a Queens Award for Enterprise in Innovation, we reply (with passion). We’re the first pet food company to have won the award, and it speaks volumes about the pet food we make and how we do business. For one, we’re a proud founding UK B Corps member. It means we believe in using business as a force for good. Basically, when it comes to doing good (good food and good things) we’re like a dog with a bone. If youre looking to join a challenger fast growing brand who will invest in your development whilst having the opportunity to work in an engaging and rewarding environment, then we want to hear from you. Please email workwithlily@lilyskitchen.co.uk with a covering letter and CV telling us why Lily’s Kitchen and why you?
2018
Board Member
May 2018
Hi, we’re Tails.com. A pet food subscription company with a big mission. We believe there should be no average dog food because no dog is average. So we deliver 100% tailored nutrition to each and every dog we serve. It all starts with a few simple questions about your dog’s age, breed, activity level and flavour preferences. Then our experts create a one-in-a-million kibble blend – just for them. Everything they need and a taste they love, delivered to your door every month. It’s pretty clever stuff. We’re cooking up big plans. Having created an entirely new category in pet food, we’re scaling fast in the UK and Europe – backed by Purina, one of the world’s largest pet food companies. In 2024 we became B Corp certified. But its more than a badge, its how we operate. Every member of our team is committed to upholding high social and environmental standards, to create a better world for dogs - and humans - for generations to come. We’re working together towards a common goal – to change the world of pet food for good.
mid stageManufacturing
2017
Member of Board of Nestle UK
Apr 2017
As the world’s largest food and beverage company we are driven by a simple aim: unlocking the power of food to enhance quality of life for everyone, today and for generations to come. To deliver on this, we serve with passion, with a spirit of excellence, offering products and services for all stages of life, every moment of the day, helping people care for themselves and their families. Our culture is based on our values rooted in respect: respect for ourselves, respect for others, respect for diversity and respect for the future. We can trace our origin back to 1866, when the first European condensed milk factory was opened in Cham, Switzerland, by the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company. One year later, Henri Nestlé, a trained pharmacist, launched one of the world’s first prepared infant cereals ‘Farine lactée’ in Vevey, Switzerland. Today, we employ around 273,000 people and have factories or operations in almost every country in the world. With our headquarters still based in the Swiss town of Vevey, we had sales of CHF 84.3 billion in 2020. Our portfolio covers almost every food and beverage category –offering products and services for all stages of life, every moment of the day, helping people care for themselves and their families. House rules: https://nes.tl/HouseRules
Regional Managing Director - UK, Ireland, Netherland and Nordics
Apr 2017
We believe pets and people are better together. Here at PURINA®, many of us are pet owners too so we know first-hand how important pets are in people’s lives. We’re committed to creating nutritious foods that will keep cats and dogs of all ages happy, healthy and content. The Purina brand portfolio includes many of the best known and best-loved pet foods including Felix®, Purina ONE ®, Gourmet®, Pro Plan® and Friskies®. We want more people to experience all the amazing benefits that pets bring: from improved health to happier workplaces. That’s why we’ve made championing Pets at Work one of our 10 ‘Purina in Society Commitments’.
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