Board Of Directors

NEWS IN BRIEF

American Botanical Council welcomes new Board of Trustees members

08-Dec-2017

Three new members have been elected to the American Botanical Council’s Board of Trustees.

NPA takes breakaway organization to task over trademark issue

01-Nov-2017 By Hank Schultz

The Natural Products Association has sent a letter to breakaway organization SENPA demanding it stop using a logo that NPA claims infringes on its trademarks.

Kellogg Company names Nature’s Bounty chief as new CEO

28-Sep-2017 By Gill Hyslop

Kellogg Company has announced its Board of Directors has unanimously elected Steven Cahillane as its new CEO to replace John Bryant who is retiring.

NPA elects new board of directors

08-Jun-2017

The Natural Products Association (NPA) today announced the elected new Board of Directors at The Big Natural, the association’s official event being held this week in Las Vegas, NV.

NPA shrinks board with new bylaws, expands membership categories

28-Feb-2017 By Hank Schultz

The Natural Products Association has approved a bylaw change that will shrink the size of the group’s board from 22 to what the group’s CEO calls a more manageable nine.

Jim Hyde elected chair of CRN’s Board of Directors

31-Jan-2017

Jim Hyde, vice president and general manager at Balchem Human Nutrition and Pharma, has been elected chair of the Council for Responsible Nutrition’s Board of Directors, and will hold the chairman post through 2018, succeeding Harvey Kamil, vice chairman...

Vitamin Shoppe adds tech exec to Board of Directors

01-Mar-2016 By Stephen Daniells

With an eye on its digital strategy Vitamin Shoppe, Inc. has expanded its Board of Directors from 10 to 11 with the appointment of Guillermo Marmol as new independent member of the board.

Oral Probiotic BLIS K12 gets FDA GRAS ‘Letter of No Objection’

16-Feb-2016 By Stephen Daniells

The US Food and Drug Administration has issued a ‘Letter of No Objection’ over the generally recognized as safe (GRAS) status of oral probiotic BLIS K12.

NPA sues 10 current and former board members who allegedly sought to ‘undermine’ organization

05-Feb-2016 By Hank Schultz

The Natural Products Association has filed suit against 10 current and former board members whom it said had sought to “undermine the organization’s ability to do its work” by cooperating in a wrongful dismissal lawsuit filed by former CFO Brent Weickert.

CRN adds eight new members to Board of Directors

07-Jan-2016

The Council for Responsible Nutrition has announced the election by the CRN membership of eight Board members to CRN’s Board of Directors.

Investor blasts Omega Protein's human nutrition diversification plans, calls for breakup, sale of company

13-Aug-2015 By Hank Schultz

Omega Protein Corporation has received a harsh critique of its diversification strategy from a major investor.  Wynnefield Partners filed a Form 13D with the Securities and Exchange Commission calling for the company to seek alternatives—up to and including...

Dispatches from Vitafoods Europe

ABC taps into European herbal insights via new advisory board member

09-Jun-2015 By Hank Schultz

Europe, and especially Germany, has historically been a hotbed of herbal lore, science and product development. The American Botanical Council recently tapped into this knowledge in a more fundamental way by adding Joerg Gruenwald, PhD, to its advisory...

Former Nestlé exec appointed chairman of ChromaDex

04-Mar-2015

ChromaDex Corp. has appointed Steve Allen as the Chairman of its Board, and the company has also trimmed its board of directors from nine to seven.

Harvey Kamil elected chair of CRN’s Board of Directors

22-Jan-2015

NBTY vice chairman Harvey Kamil has been elected chair of the Council for Responsible Nutrition’s Board of Directors, and will hold the chairman post through 2016, succeeding John Blair, Sr VP of The Juice Plus+ Company.

GNC adds new board members

02-Jul-2013 By Hank Schultz

GNC Holdings, Inc. has added two new members to its board of directors: Alan D. Feldman and Robert F. Moran.

Food Vision 2013 to set global food industry agenda for innovation and growth

29-Aug-2012

In March 2013 senior business leaders from global food, drink and nutrition businesses will come together for Food Vision, a world-first industry summit established by the publishers of FoodNavigator.com and NutraIngredients.com.  Food Vision will provide...

NutraJobs – People on the move

03-Feb-2011

NutraIngredients-USA presents a round up of movements in the nutra sector, including changes at NPA, CRN, and BI Nutraceuticals.

Omega-3 group expands board of directors

25-Jun-2010

The Global Organization for EPA and DHA (GOED) has expanded its board of directors from eight to 14 to represent growth in the association’s recent membership.

DSM builds China presence

31-Mar-2009

DSM has linked with the North China Pharmaceutical Group Corporation in three separate projects that will see DSM take a minority 10 per cent share in the Chinese company.

New GOED board includes Unilever executive

22-Jan-2009

The Global Organization for EPA and DHA (GOED) has announced its new board for 2009, which includes executives from some of the biggest omega-3 ingredients suppliers, as well as the global food giant Unilever.

Troubled ginger giant sees profits slide

10-Oct-2003

Australian confectionery ginger giant warns of profit plunge due to
intense pressure from rising dollar, a sharp turnaround from the
previous guidance that profits would rise in 2003.

FTC clears way for Roche vitamins sale

23-Sep-2003

Netherlands-based DSM and the world's second vitamin maker Roche
have received permission from the Federal Trade Commission to go
ahead with the Roche Vitamins deal. Final transfer of the business
to DSM is expected at the end...

ChampionLyte welcomes Snapple exec

17-Apr-2003

Troubled sports drink maker ChampionLyte has appointed a former
Snapple executive as president of its newly created Beverages
division.

Ocean Spray overhaul

10-Mar-2003

Cranberry co-operative Ocean Spray voted on Saturday for a clean
slate - replacing most of its board with a brand new set of faces -
in the wake of lagging cranberry prices and a bid from rival
Northland Cranberries.

Ocean Spray suffers as CEO quits

11-Nov-2002

Cranberry sales for US co-operative Ocean Spray Cranberries may be
booming in Europe but news this week that its CEO of three years,
Robert Hawthorne, has resigned led US ratings agency Moody's to
review a possible downgrade...

Lonza investor to sell share

04-Oct-2002

Swiss fine chemicals company Lonza said today that Martin Ebner's
BZ Group Holding plans to sell its 19.8 per cent stake in the
business in the coming weeks in a bid to raise cash for the
investor group.

DSM profits - make way for Vision 2005

26-Jul-2002

Dutch life science company DSM this week posted a net profit of
€959 million. DSM Food Specialties and DSM Bakery Ingredients
posted improved operating profits on the same period last year.