Dean Foods announces changes in executive team

Dean Foods announces changes in executive team

Harrald Kroeker has been promoted as president of direct store delivery group. Mr Kroeker joined Dean Foods in 2006 from a senior operating role at Pepsi Bottling Group. Michelle Goolsby has been promoted to the newly created position of executive vice president of development, sustainability and corporate affairs. In this new role, Mr Goolsby is expected to bring company-wide focus to areas that are crucial to the company's long-term success, including its acquisition strategy, its approach to sustainability, its public policy efforts and its legal activities.

Greg McKelvey has been promoted to the newly created position of senior vice president of Dean Foods strategy and marketing services. Mr McKelvey joins Dean Foods executive team from Dean's WhiteWave division, where he was senior vice president of strategy and marketing services. In this new role, he has to develop the company's strategic planning processes and capabilities. He will also be responsible for expanding WhiteWave's marketing services function to service all of Dean Foods.

The other members of the executive team include Joe Scalzo, CEO and president of WhiteWave Foods and Morningstar, Jack Callahan, CFO of the company, Gregg Tanner, chief supply chain officer of the company, Paul Moskowitz, chief human resources officer of the company, Rick Fehr, senior vice president of business optimization and Debbie Carosella, senior vice president of innovation.

Gregg Engles, chairman and CEO, said: "We have assembled an exceptional leadership team at Dean Foods, combining talented and experienced individuals from inside and outside of our company and our industry. With these capabilities we are very well positioned to tackle the challenges before us and capitalize on our strategic advantages."