FDBusiness.com

Kerry Group, the Taste & Nutrition company, has announced two changes to its Senior Leadership team. Gavin Caplis has been appointed Chief Strategy Officer for the group and Malcolm Sheil has been appointed as Chief Commercial Officer of the company’s Taste and Nutrition business.

Malcolm Sheil.

Commenting on the appointments, Edmond Scanlon, CEO of Kerry Group, says: “I am delighted that Gavin and Malcolm, with their unparalleled global industry experience and knowledge, have taken up these important roles as we continue to grow our business. Over the past few years we have made great progress in embedding our position as the world’s leading Taste & Nutrition company and these roles will assist us in further building on our world-class capability and expertise.”

Gavin Caplis.

Over the past 20 years, Gavin Caplis has held a variety of senior roles across Europe and North America, all focused on strategy, acquisitions and divestitures, before taking up his most recent role as Director of Business Development in 2009. Gavin has overseen global M&A strategy for the Group as Kerry evolved from a dairy co-operative to co-creation partner with the world’s leading food companies.

Malcolm Sheil has worked with Kerry for more than 30 years across three regions and has been leading the European Region as Regional CEO since 2016, having previously led the Latin America Region. In his new role, Malcolm will oversee the commercial and marketing strategy for the organisation across the countries in which Kerry operates. Malcolm will continue as CEO for the Europe region until the end of the year.