VANCOUVER, BC, Sept. 30,
2020 /CNW/ - Premium Brands Holdings Corporation ("Premium Brands"
or the "Corporation") (TSX: PBH), a leading producer, marketer and
distributor of branded specialty food products, is pleased to
announce that its Board of Directors has appointed Mary K. Wagner as an independent non-executive
director of the Corporation effective October 1, 2020.
Dr. Wagner is president of MK Wagner & Associates Inc., a
global food science management consulting firm. In December 2016, she retired from Starbucks Coffee
Company where she was the Senior Vice President of Global Product
Innovation, Food Safety and Quality. Prior to that Dr. Wagner
worked at Mars, Inc. as the General Manager of Mars Botanical and
served as the Chief Technology and Quality Officer at both E&J
Gallo Winery and Taco Bell (YUM). Dr. Wagner began her career
as an executive in the food and nutrition industry at General Mills
where she served in various positions, among them as Vice President
of R&D and Quality/Regulatory for Gortons Seafood. Dr.
Wagner has also served as President of the Institute of Food
Technologists (IFT) and the Chair of the National Grape and Wine
Initiative (NGWI). She was also appointed by the U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture as Co-Chair of the USDA Advisory Board on
Agricultural Research, Extension, Education and Economics
(NAREEE).
Dr. Wagner is a graduate of Iowa State
University (Bachelor of Science and Masters of Science), and
has a PhD from the University of
Minnesota.
"We are delighted to welcome Mary to the board," said Mr.
George Paleologou, President and CEO
of Premium Brands. "Her extensive experience in the food
industry will be invaluable to Premium Brands. We are very
much looking forward to working with her," added Mr.
Paleologou.
About Premium Brands
Premium Brands owns a broad range of leading specialty food
manufacturing and differentiated food distribution businesses with
operations across Canada,
the United States and Italy.
SOURCE Premium Brands Holdings Corporation