Human Capitalist - August 2014 / Join Us At The GMA Leadership Forum

Sponsored by Hunt Executive Search/The Hunt Group, Inc.
Saturday, Augutst 23, 9:00 am at the Broadmoor

Joseph B. Hunt, Managing Partner/Director, Managing Partner, Hunt Executive Search
Michelle Bonam, VP People & Organization, Mars Chocolate
Sumeet Salwan,, SVP Human Resources, Unilever
Nicole Theophilus, EVP, CHRO, ConAgra

Dave Ciesinski joined Kraft as EVP/ President of the Meals and Desserts business unit reporting to Tony Vernon. Dave was with H.J. Heinz as VP, Global Business Development.

Matt Wohl joins Kraft as SVP Marketing from Welch’s and previously Gillette.

Tim Dixon replaces Matt Wohl as CMO at Welch’s. Tim was with Schwan Good, KC, Coors and General Mills.

Tim Hassett joins Jim Beam as President of North America reporting to CEO Matt Shattock. Beam became an BU of Suntory earlier this year. Tim was most recently with Campbell’s as Chief Customer Officer and President of Away from Home division.

Bill Toler joins Hostess Bands as CEO. Bill was most recently CEO of Advanced Pierre Foods and previously with Pinnacle, Campbell’s Nabisco, Reckitt and P&G. /pendan Foley joins McCormick as President of US consumer business. /pendan was with Heinz and General Mills.

Jose Carlos (JC) Gonzalez-Hurtado joined IRI Worldwide as President/International having responsibility for EMEA and Asia-Pac. JC most recently was Group CCO at Carrefour and is a 20 year P&G veteran.

Rishi Dhingra joins Kimberly-Clark as Global VP of Adult Care and Active Aging. Rishi was with P&G and Gillette.

Matt Beliveau joins Morton Salt as VP Human Resources. Matt was with General Mills.

Rachel Bishop joins Treehouse Foods as SVP, Chief Strategy Officer reporting to Sam Reed. Rachel was Group VP, Retail Development at Walgreen’s and a former McKinsey alum.

Michelle Klien joins Facebook as Head of Global Agency Marketing. Michelle was VP Global Marketing for Diageo’s Smirnoff brand.

Lee Sember joins Samsung Electronics America as VP Sales-Appliances. Lee was a VP Customer Development with Campbell’s and previously with Acosta and Unilever.

Harry Bigelow joins Marley Beverage (Bob Marley family natural beverage start up) as President/CEO. Harry was VP/GM of Red Bull NA and previously with E&J Gallo, PepsiCo and Diageo.

Merck sells their consumer health business (Claritin, Coppertone, Dr. Scholl) to Bayer for $14 billion.

Hillshire Brands whirlwind ends up paying $165 million penalty for backing out of Pinnacle Foods acquisition and Tyson upsets Pilgrim’s Pride offer and acquires Hillshire for $7.7 billion.

Novartis OTC goes to GlaxoSmithKline in mad pharma swap and joint venture deal.

Lindt & Spruengli agreed to buy Russell Stover with sales of ~$500 million to make it the third largest chocolate producer in the U.S.

Prestige Brands purchased Insight Pharmaceutical from Swander Pace for $750 million.

Post Holdings buys Michael Foods for $2.5 billion from Goldman Sachs.

Treeshouse Foods will buy Flagstone Foods, producer of trail mix and dried fruits for $860 million.

Hormel Foods buys Cyto Sport Holding (Muscle Milk) form TSG for $450 million.

Reynolds American buys Lorillard for $25 billion exclusive of Kool, Winston and Blu brands which were sold separately to Imperial Tobacco for $7 billion.

Nestle SA sold Juicy Juice to Brynwood Partners.

Helen of Troy buys Healthy Directions (Nutritional Supplements & Skincare) from American Securities for $195 million.

Henkel acquired Sexy Hair, Alertna and Kenra Professional hair care from TSG Consumer for ~$200 million.

Energizer announced a Kraft/Mondelez like deal to split the ~$2 billion battery business (Energizer and Eveready) from personal care (Schick, Playtex, Stayfree and Hawaiian Tropic)