SunOpta Announces Appointment of Two New Members to its Board of Directors
July 15 2019 - 7:30AM
Business Wire
SunOpta Inc. (“SunOpta”) (Nasdaq:STKL) (TSX:SOY), a leading
global company focused on organic, non-genetically modified and
specialty foods, today announced Leslie Starr Keating and Rebecca
Fisher have been appointed to SunOpta’s Board of Directors.
Concurrent with the appointments of Ms. Keating and Ms. Fisher,
independent director Margaret Shan Atkins has resigned as a
director after serving 5 years as a member of SunOpta’s Board.
Leslie Starr Keating is a successful corporate executive with 35
years of leadership experience in the consumer products industry
and a proven track record of achievements in operations and supply
chain functions. Ms. Keating will provide the Board of Directors
with valuable expertise in these areas as SunOpta continues to
transform its operations. The Board of Directors expects to appoint
Ms. Keating to serve as a member of the Audit Committee and
Corporate Governance Committee.
Rebecca Fisher is an accomplished senior human resource
executive with expertise in human capital strategy, business and
culture transformation, talent management and succession planning.
Ms. Fisher’s experience in building high performing teams and
leveraging performance management and comprehensive rewards systems
to deliver enhanced business results will be beneficial to the
Board of Directors. The Board of Directors expects to appoint Ms.
Fisher to serve as a member of the Compensation Committee and
Corporate Governance Committee.
“We are pleased to have Leslie and Becky join SunOpta’s Board of
Directors. Leslie and Becky bring diverse perspectives and
extensive food industry expertise to our board,” said Dean Hollis,
Chairman of the Board of Directors of SunOpta. “Leslie’s deep
experience in overseeing supply chain management and go to market
transformation strategy and Becky’s extensive skills in
organizational design and alignment in order to achieve
productivity goals will be invaluable to SunOpta as we work to
deliver our strategic goals. We look forward to their
contributions.”
Added Mr. Hollis, “We would also like to thank Shan for her many
contributions to SunOpta as a long-standing independent director.
She previously served as Chair of the Audit Committee and most
recently as Chair of the Compensation Committee. We are grateful
for Shan’s service and expertise over the past 5 years, and we wish
her well in her future endeavors.”
About Leslie Starr Keating
Ms. Keating served as Executive Vice President of Supply
Strategy and Transformation for Advance Auto Parts from March 2017
until her retirement in December 2018. While in that role, she led
the development and execution of the re-architecture of the
business model to deliver transformative financial value. Prior to
joining Advance Auto Parts, Ms. Keating was with PepsiCo for over
31 years and served as the Senior Vice President of PepsiCo Supply
Chain from 2008 until her retirement in 2017 with responsibility
for Frito Lay’s North American Supply Chain. In that role, Ms.
Keating was accountable for all aspects of Frito Lay’s supply chain
including manufacturing, warehousing and transportation. Prior to
her role as Senior Vice President of Supply Chain, Ms. Keating
served as Senior Vice President of Commercialization and Supply
Chain where she oversaw the innovation commercialization and
service agendas for PepsiCo. Ms. Keating has held numerous
leadership roles throughout her 31-year career at PepsiCo. Before
joining PepsiCo, Ms. Keating started her career with Procter and
Gamble. Ms. Keating currently serves on the Board of Directors of
Chesapeake Energy Corporation. Ms. Keating earned her undergraduate
degree from Virginia Tech and her MBA from Georgia State
University.
About Rebecca Fisher
Ms. Fisher served as Senior Vice President of Human Resources,
North America Beverages for PepsiCo, prior to her retirement in
December 2018. She was responsible for leading a large-scale
organizational transformation and leveraged her extensive talent
management expertise to drive significant change in culture and
engagement. From 2015 until 2017, Ms. Fisher was Senior Vice
President of Human Resources, Corporate Talent Management and Latin
America Talent Management. In that role, Ms. Fisher was accountable
for the development of a multi-year talent strategy and operating
plans for global functions and for the Latin America sector.
Previously, Ms. Fisher was Vice President of Human Resources North
America Customer Teams and PepsiCo America Foods between 2012 to
2015, where she led the organization design of a North America
commercial team and realigned the sales team to improve customer
management and increase sales. Ms. Fisher held Senior Director and
Vice President of Human Resources roles at PepsiCo from 2005-2011.
Before joining PepsiCo, Ms. Fisher worked at Raytheon. Ms. Fisher
is a graduate of Texas Christian University.
About SunOpta Inc.
SunOpta Inc. is a leading global company focused on organic,
non-genetically modified ("non-GMO") and specialty foods. SunOpta
specializes in the sourcing, processing and packaging of organic
and non-GMO food products, integrated from seed through packaged
products; with a focus on strategic vertically integrated business
models. SunOpta's organic and non-GMO food operations revolve
around value-added grain, seed, fruit and vegetable-based product
offerings, supported by a global sourcing and supply
infrastructure.
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