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Hain Celestial Announces Appointment of Two New Independent Directors
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., Oct. 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: HAIN) ("Hain Celestial" or the "Company"), a leading organic and
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[{"type":"text","content":"LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., Oct. 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: HAIN) (\"Hain Celestial\" or the \"Company\"), 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 two new independent directors. Veteran consumer packaged goods executives Richard Beck and Michael Sims will join Hain Celestial's Board of Directors, effective immediately. Mr. Beck will also serve as a member of the Audit Committee and the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee of the Board and Mr. Sims will serve as a member of the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee of the Board. These appointments increase the Hain Celestial Board of Directors to nine directors.\n\n \n\"We are very pleased to welcome Rich and Mike to the Hain Celestial Board of Directors,\" commented Dean Hollis, Hain Celestial's Chair of the Board of Directors. \"We look forward to their contributions and believe their particularly strong operational and financial backgrounds will provide valuable perspectives for our Board of Directors, as Hain Celestial continues to execute on its transformational strategic objectives.\"\nMr. Beck has over 35 years of executive and senior leadership experience in the consumer packaged goods industry. He is the founder of Biltmoore Consulting, where since 2016 he has advised clients in operations, supply chain optimization, logistics and general management. Previously, Mr. Beck served as Senior Vice President, Global Operations of PepsiCo, Inc., one of the world's leading food and beverage companies, from February 2011 to April 2016. In this role, Mr. Beck established the company's global operations function and led various successful initiatives that improved productivity, drove automation, technology and global systems and improved environmental, health and safety metrics. In addition, Mr. Beck served in other roles of increasing responsibility for PepsiCo from 1993 to 2011, including President and Senior Vice President of Gatorade, Senior Vice President of PepsiCo Chicago and Senior Vice President of Operations for Frito-Lay. In these roles, Mr. Beck oversaw the manufacturing and distribution of some of PepsiCo's key brands and led various productivity, environmental and ...