Ralcorp Holding Names President, COO of Post

Ralcorp Holdings, Inc. announces that in conjunction with the previously announced separation of Ralcorp and the Post cereal business, Terence E. ("Terry") Block will serve as President and Chief Operating Officer of Post Holdings, Inc., effective January 1, 2012. Block will also join the Board of Directors of Post Holdings following completion of the separation.

 

During his long and distinguished career, including 34 years at Purina, Block has acquired substantial operating and marketing experience in branded foods and consumer products. As President and Chief Operating Officer, Block will oversee the implementation of Post Holdings' strategic plan of growing its most important brands, improving innovation, extending Post's valuable portfolio of brands into adjacent categories and continuing to grow Post's presence among Hispanic consumers.

 

Block currently serves as President of Nestle Purina's North American pet food business. Previously, he was Chief Operating Officer, North American Pet Foods for Ralston Purina Company. Prior to his role as Chief Operating Officer, Block served as Executive Vice President, Ralston Purina Pet Products and Vice President of Marketing, Dog Food. Block joined the marketing group of the former Ralston Purina Company in 1977 as Assistant Product Manager and subsequently held a number of increasingly important marketing positions, including Product Manager and Group Director. Prior to joining Ralston Purina Company, Block worked at Procter & Gamble and Pet Incorporated. Block has served on the Board of the Pet Food Institute (Chairman from 2006- 2009). He was voted by Advertising Age as one of the Top 100 Advertising People in 1991 and was honored in 2010 as a distinguished alumnus of the Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis.