PHILADELPHIA, PA - Make way for some new executives! Four experienced leaders have been named to new roles, as AgroFresh recently expanded its team. Ian MacKellar has been named Chief Operations Officer, Claudio Rodrigues will become Chief Information Officer, Bradford Warner is now Executive Director of Digital and Data Business, and Kristi Reinholz is taking on the role of Chief Human Capital Officer.
MacKellar will lead the Global Operations group and will ensure the company delivers consistent, high-quality products and services. He has over 30 years of manufacturing and supply chain experience, most recently serving as the site leader for Pfizer’s McPherson facility in Kansas.
In addition to MacKellar, Claudio Rodrigues will become CIO.
Rodrigues will use his 29 years of IT and cybersecurity experience to strengthen the company’s focus and impact, a press release stated. He has served as Executive Director and head of IT for Noven Pharmaceutical and held several senior-level positions with Stiefel and Pfizer in Corporate IT.
Warner will lead efforts in the development and execution of a comprehensive digital business strategy.
This includes identifying new opportunities to expand the leading end-to-end digital quality inspection platform. Warner has more than 25 years of experience and most recently led the commercial development of agricultural data-as-a-service and ESG offerings for AGI Digital.
Next up is Kristi Reinholz as CHCO.
Reinholz will work to attract, develop, and retain an innovative customer-focused organization. Most recently, Reinholz served as the Chief People Officer for Unilever North America and brings more than 25 years of expertise.
Clint Lewis, Chief Executive Officer, commented on these appointments
“As part of our growth strategy, we have appointed new leaders to our senior team who will bolster our capabilities and enhance our ability to support our customers,” said Lewis.
He continued, saying, “As a global company with operations, employees, and customers of varying sizes and complexities across the major produce-growing regions, it is imperative that we have leaders with the experience and expertise to both enable our business and to better our ability to enable our customers’ business.”
For more details and comments from Lewis, check out the press release here.
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