First, the Campbell’s Firm modified its title. Now, the corporate is altering CEOs.
Present CEO Mark Clouse, 56, will step down efficient January 31 to change into president of the NFL’s Washington Commanders, the corporate introduced on Tuesday.
“The Washington Commanders function is a once-in-a-lifetime place that blends my ardour for enterprise and love of sports activities,” Clouse mentioned in a press release. “A management function in skilled sports activities is the one factor that will’ve pulled me away from Campbell’s.”
On LinkedIn, Clouse congratulated present EVP, President Meals & Drinks at The Campbell’s Firm, Mick Beekhuizen, on “turning into the fifteenth CEO in Campbell’s 155-year historical past.”
“This night, I introduced my plan to retire from The Campbell’s Firm on the finish of January and transition with the incoming CEO over the following two months,” Clouse wrote, including, “Some of the vital duties a pacesetter has is to plan for his or her eventual departure and have nice leaders able to step up and keep the momentum within the group. Mick shall be implausible in doing that and extra.”
Mick Beekhuizen. Enterprise Wire
Within the submit, Clouse mentioned that he is an avid sports activities fan who’s at all times dreamed of working within the trade.
“Leaving Campbell’s was not a simple alternative,” he wrote. “Since I used to be a boy, sports activities have performed an necessary a part of my life, and the thought of working on this planet of sports activities—and specifically the NFL—has been a lifelong objective. It’s actually a once-in-a-lifetime second to change into the Staff President of the Washington Commanders.”
Final month, Campbell Soup firm shareholders voted to approve a change of the corporate’s title and take away the phrase “soup” to replicate what Clouse mentioned was the “full breadth of the corporate’s portfolio.”
Campbell’s additionally owns different meals firms, together with Prego sauce and Goldfish crackers. Earlier this yr, Campbell acquired Sovos Manufacturers, the corporate behind the Rao’s sauces, Noosa’s Yoghurt, and Michael Angelo’s frozen entrees manufacturers, for $2.7 billion.
In a press release, incoming CEO Beekhuizen mentioned it’s a “large honor to have been chosen by the Board to steer this iconic firm” and that he’s “energized by the chance.”
