Personnel Moves

Flowers Foods is consolidating business units and making some leadership adjustments in order grow its brands, improve operations and more heavily focus on product innovation.

Tapestry chairman and CEO Jide Zeitlin has resigned from the company and its board of directors, citing personal reasons.

Cathryn Sleight has been elevated to chief growth officer of Mars Wrigley, tasked with leading the brand’s global marketing, innovation, insights, analytics and business development.

Petrova joins the company from Conagra Brands, where she was director and head of its supply chain business in Canada.

Yael Cosset, senior VP and chief information officer of The Kroger Co., is taking the helm of the company’s alternative business profit portfolio and 84.51˚, its data analytics subsidiary.

Peter Harf will be elevated to the role of executive chairman and will work closely with the new CEO to lead Coty’s transformation.

Luis Merchan has been named president of consumer goods at Flora, tasked with leading the company’s CBD portfolio.

On the heels of its first chief data officer appointment, the beauty company announced another series of executive changes as it evolves its leadership structure.