Hain Celestial Reveals New Executive Team
The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. recently unveiled new executive appointments at three of its business divisions.
The appointments were as follows:
Hain Celestial United States
Gary W. Tickle joins as COO. He most recently served as president and CEO of Nestle Infant Nutrition North America, with responsibility for the Gerber and Nestle brands. Tickle will oversee the sales and marketing functions for the Better-for-You Snacking and Better-for-You Pantry platforms and brands in the United States.
Jerome "Jay" W. Erskin joins as chief supply chain officer. He started his business career at Kraft Foods Inc. as a manufacturing and procurement manager. He also served in various capacities as plant director and procurement director at The Dannon Company, Inc.; manufacturing director at Mars Petcare, NA; vice president, operations at Chobani, LLC and more recently, COO at SK Food Group, Inc. Erskin will oversee the supply chain as well as productivity.
James "Jamie" F. G. Fay joins Hain Celestial as chief customer officer with a senior sales and marketing executive background in the natural, conventional and mass channels. Most recently, he served as senior VP, Global Sales for Nature's Path Foods. Previously, Jamie worked in positions of increasing responsibility at Mars, Inc. ascending to a senior VP, sales role on the North America Chocolate business. Fay will oversee the sales functions, including consumer and customer analytics and trade marketing, along with the marketing function for Better-for-You Baby.
Additionally, Hain Celestial appointed Leah Dunmore vice president, marketing, Better-for-You Pantry. She previously held positions at Campbell Soup Company as vice president, U.S. Soup; and Mars Chocolate, North America as marketing director, M&M's Business. Earlier in her career, she spent over a decade with SC Johnson in various marketing leadership roles across a wide range of brands.
Hain Pure Protein Corporation
James R. Meiers was appointed CEO, overseeing the Empire Kosher, Plainville Farms and FreeBird poultry brands and the protein business in addition to his responsibilities as COO at Hain Celestial, including the company's recently announced Project Terra worldwide cost savings initiative.
Hain Celestial United Kingdom
James Skidmore was named CEO of UK unit Hain Daniels. He joined the company through the Orchard House Foods Ltd. acquisition in December 2015. Skidmore is responsible for the grocery, fruit and chilled & frozen business units.