Adam Maxwell has been appointed director of Ingredients, as part of wider executive change.
Synlait Milk chief executive Grant Watson has announced further changes to the company’s executive leadership team, following changes to the structure announced last month.
Adam Maxwell has been appointed director of Ingredients. Maxwell is currently Synlait’s head of Ingredients and has played a critical role in the recovery of this business. Maxwell is an experienced sales and business development executive. Prior to joining Synlait, he was general manager of marketing and sales at Dairyworks.
As part of the broader executive team leadership changes announced last month, Synlait is farewelling Nutritionals and Ingredients director Martijn Jager, who has decided to leave the business.
Jager has played a significant role in Synlait's growth story over the previous six years, including building a valuable portfolio of new growth opportunities. He leaves with Synlait’s best wishes and thanks.
Changes are effective September 1, 2022. Further appointments will be announced to the market as they are made.
At the end of July, a new leadership team structure was announced to deliver a refreshed strategy with greater focus against Synlait’s core business opportunities being Advanced Nutrition, Ingredients, Consumer (including Dairyworks) and Foodservice.
Positions in the new executive leadership team consist of:
• Chief Financial Officer (Robert Stowell)
• CEO Dairyworks and Director of Consumer (Tim Carter)
• Director of Operations (Nigel Macdonald)
• Director of Quality, Regulatory and Laboratory (Suzan Horst)
• Director of People and Culture (Boyd Williams)
• Director of Ingredients (Adam Maxwell)
• Director of Advanced Nutrition (to be confirmed)
• President China and Director of Foodservice (to be confirmed)
• Director of On-Farm Excellence and Business Sustainability (to be confirmed)
• Director of Strategy, Innovation and Corporate Affairs (to be confirmed)
Today’s changes enable a greater focus on the Ingredients and Advanced Nutrition businesses and introduce a dedicated Foodservice business to provide increased emphasis on this channel and the China market. The President China and Director of Foodservice role will be based in Shanghai.
The director of On-Farm Excellence and Business Sustainability, elevates milk supply to the executive leadership team. The role will concentrate on the critical importance of milk supply, on-farm excellence, and sustainability to ensure Synlait’s milk pool remains highly competitive, while continuing to accelerate the company towards its sustainability targets on and off farm.
Aligned across all business units, a new role director of Strategy, Innovation and Corporate Affairs has been created. It will be responsible for strategy development, integrated business planning, innovation, and corporate affairs.
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