LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y.,
Aug. 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hain Celestial Group, Inc.
(NASDAQ: HAIN), a leading organic and natural products company
with operations in North America,
Europe and India providing consumers with A Healthier Way
of Life™, today announced the election of Raymond W. Kelly to its Board of Directors
effective August 13, 2015.
Raymond Kelly, who served as the
Police Commissioner of the City of New
York for 14 years, has been President of Risk Management
Services for Cushman and Wakefield, Inc. since March 2014, which offers clients tailored
solutions to manage and mitigate risks around the world. In
his role he focuses on helping clients identify potential
vulnerabilities to prepare and manage risk across critical areas
including physical and cyber security, crisis management, due
diligence and site selection as well as emergency preparedness.
"We are honored to have Ray join our Board of Directors,"
commented Irwin D. Simon, Founder,
President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of
Hain Celestial. "Ray's worldwide range of experience and
insight into critical issues facing companies today will make Ray a
valuable addition to our Board of Directors."
Prior to joining Cushman and Wakefield, Raymond Kelly had a 50-year tenure in public
service, as one of the worlds' most well-known and highly esteemed
leaders in law enforcement. In New York City, he established
the first counterterrorism bureau of any municipal police
department in the country as well as a global intelligence program
and established a real-time crime center, a state of the art
facility using data mining. Raymond
Kelly also served as Commissioner of the U.S. Customers
Service and as Undersecretary for Enforcement at the U.S. Treasury
Department, where he supervised the department's enforcement
bureaus including the U.S. Customs Service, the U.S. Secret
Service, The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and the
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. Raymond Kelly holds a BBA from Manhattan College, a JD from St. John's University School of Law, an LLM from
New York University Graduate School of
Law and an MPA from the Kennedy School of Government at
Harvard University in addition to
numerous honorary degrees.
With the addition of Raymond
Kelly to Hain Celestial's Board of Directors there are now
eight board members.
The Hain Celestial Group, Inc.
The Hain Celestial
Group (NASDAQ: HAIN), headquartered in Lake Success, NY, is a leading organic and
natural products company with operations in North America, Europe and India. Hain Celestial
participates in many natural categories with well-known brands that
include Celestial Seasonings®, Earth's Best®, Ella's Kitchen®,
Terra®, Garden of Eatin'®, Sensible Portions®, Health Valley®,
Arrowhead Mills®, MaraNatha®, SunSpire®, DeBoles®, Casbah®, Rudi's
Organic Bakery®, Gluten Free Café™, Hain Pure Foods®, Spectrum®,
Spectrum Essentials®, Walnut Acres Organic®, Imagine®, Almond
Dream®, Rice Dream®, Soy Dream®, WestSoy®, The Greek Gods®,
BluePrint®, FreeBird®, Plainville Farms®, Empire®, Kosher Valley®,
Yves Veggie Cuisine®, Europe's
Best®, Cully & Sully®, New Covent Garden Soup Co.®, Johnson's
Juice Co.®, Farmhouse Fare®, Hartley's®, Sun-Pat®, Gale's®,
Robertson's®, Frank Cooper's®, Linda
McCartney®, Lima®, Danival®, Joya®, Natumi®, GG UniqueFiber®,
Tilda®, JASON®, Avalon Organics®, Alba Botanica®, Live Clean® and
Queen Helene®. Hain Celestial has been providing A Healthier
Way of Life™ since 1993. For more information, visit
www.hain.com.
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