Hain Celestial Names Mark Schiller CEO, Succeeding Irwin Simon - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (HAIN),an organic and natural products company, said Monday that its Board of Directors has named veteran consumer packaged foods executive Mark Schiller as the Company's new President and Chief Executive Officer, effective November 5, 2018. Schiller will succeed Irwin Simon, Hain Celestial's Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer.

Schiller will be nominated as a director of the company at its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on December 5, 2018.

Schiller joins Hain Celestial with a proven track record of leadership including more than 25 years of executive experience in key consumer packaged foods leadership roles at Pinnacle Foods, Inc., PepsiCo, Inc. and other companies.

Most recently, he served as Pinnacle Foods' Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer where he was responsible for overseeing its multi-billion dollar grocery and frozen segments which represented the vast majority of Pinnacle Foods' consolidated sales and profitability.