LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y.,
Sept. 15, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The
Hain Celestial Group, Inc., a leading organic and natural products
company with operations in North America, Europe,
Asia and the Middle East
providing consumers with A Healthier Way of Life™, today
announced the appointment of Steven T.
Liedtke as Chief Information Officer of Hain Celestial,
effective September 11, 2017.
Steve Liedtke will be responsible
for overseeing the information technology strategy and all related
departmental operations and initiatives to support the Company's
enterprise goals, reporting to James
Langrock, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer of Hain Celestial.
"We are pleased to announce the appointment of Steve Liedtke as Chief Information Officer of
Hain Celestial, with worldwide responsibility for all our
Information Technology needs," said James
Langrock, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer, Hain Celestial. "Steve is an accomplished,
results-driven information technology executive with over 20 years
of experience in the food and beverage and consumer products
industries. Steve's contributions should be invaluable to
Hain Celestial as we further strengthen our worldwide leadership
team to support the next level of growth."
Steve Liedtke joins Hain
Celestial with more than ten years' experience with The WhiteWave
Foods Company and its affiliated entities, most recently as Chief
Information Officer, a position he held for five years. At
WhiteWave Foods Steve was responsible for the enterprise
information technology organization, including management,
infrastructure, security and controls, solution delivery, master
data management and business integration. Steve played an
instrumental role in the commercial separation of WhiteWave Foods
from Dean Foods and its initial public offering, as well as the
eventual integration with Group Danone.
During his tenure at WhiteWave Foods, Steve also conducted all
aspects of SAP ERP implementation and transformation, launched a
digital strategy framework to improve consumer brand experience and
customer experience as well as implemented a balanced and scalable
IT security program. Previously, Steve was segment Chief
Information Officer at Dean Foods working in the WhiteWave,
Morningstar and Alpro Divisions. Prior to joining Dean Foods,
Steve spent over ten years working in leadership capacities in
foodservice and high-tech industries.
About 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, Asia
and the Middle East. 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®,
Hain Pure Foods®, Spectrum®, Spectrum Essentials®, Imagine®, Almond
Dream®, Rice Dream®, Soy Dream®, WestSoy®, The Greek Gods®,
BluePrint®, FreeBird®, Plainville Farms®, Empire®, Kosher Valley®,
Yves Veggie Cuisine®, Better Bean™, Europe's Best®, Cully & Sully®, New Covent
Garden Soup Co.®, Yorkshire Provender™, Johnson's Juice Co.®,
Farmhouse Fare®, Hartley's®, Sun-Pat®, Gale's®, Robertson's®,
Frank Cooper's®, Linda McCartney's®, 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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