Food manufacturing
10 CMOs in Food Manufacturing
These ten executives hold or have held the chief marketing officer title at food manufacturers and packaged food companies. A reader can learn from them how food brands organize marketing, consumer insight and innovation, and how they build brands that retailers and shoppers support.
Professionals to explore
01—10Anshu Anand
LinkedInExperience: Chief Marketing Officer · Del Monte Foods Private Limited
Chief Marketing Officer at Del Monte Foods Private Limited since July 2022; the profile describes the company as a food & beverages company specializing in Italian sauces, dips & spreads and beverages. Anshu Anand's other roles there include Vice President Marketing (2021–2022) and DGM Strategy, Consumer Insights & Digital Marketing (2013–2016), along with Head of Marketing at FieldFresh Foods Private Limited, Del Monte Processed Foods Business (2016–2021).
Cristina Monteiro
LinkedInExperience: CMO · Kellogg Company
Former CMO at Kellogg Company (2020–2024) and at Kraft Heinz (2024–2025). At Kellogg Company she was also Director Snacks for LA (2019–2020) and Brand Director - Pringles Latin America (2018–2019). Her profile cites over 25 years of experience in global marketing, business transformation and business growth across the personal care and food industries.
Donald Hornish
LinkedInExperience: Chief Marketing Officer · Grande Cheese Company
Chief Marketing Officer at Grande Cheese Company since March 2025, a company his profile describes as a food and beverage manufacturing company dedicated to crafting dairy products; he has also been Global Group Vice President GM there since 2023. He was previously Vice President North America GM (2019–2023) and Vice President USA (2017–2019) at Bimbo Bakeries USA.
Jason Levine
LinkedInExperience: Chief Marketing Officer · Hormel Foods
Chief Marketing Officer at Hormel Foods since January 2026. He was previously Chief Marketing Officer at PIM Brands (2024–2026), Whisps (2022–2024) and Sabra Dipping Company (2019–2022), and his profile cites over 20 years of marketing leadership in the food and beverage industry, describing Whisps as a company that offers baked cheese snacks.
Jennifer Bentz
LinkedInExperience: Chief Marketing Officer · Utz Brands, Inc.
Chief Marketing Officer at Utz Brands, Inc. since July 2023, where her profile describes an organization of Marketing, Consumer Insights & Analytics, and Innovation professionals working to drive profitable brand growth, enabled by digital transformation. She was previously EVP Marketing at Clif Bar (2020–2023) and SVP Consumer Insights & Marketing Innovation at Tyson Foods (2014–2019).
John Kelly
LinkedInExperience: Chief Marketing Officer · Daiya Foods Inc
Chief Marketing Officer at Daiya Foods Inc since October 2023, after serving there as Vice President Marketing (2023). He was previously President Spices, Seasonings & Extracts and Executive Vice President at Sauer Brands, Inc. (2022) and Vice President and General Manager - Dry Pasta, Dry Dinners, Hot Cereal, Dry Blends at TreeHouse Foods (2018–2020).
Katie Williams
LinkedInExperience: Chief Marketing Officer · The J.M. Smucker Co.
Chief Marketing Officer at The J.M. Smucker Co. since March 2026; her profile describes Smucker as a manufacturing company that operates in the food industry. She was previously Chief Marketing Officer, US at Haleon (2022–2026) and at GSK (2020–2022), and at Mondelēz International she was Vice President, Marketing Transformation & Excellence (2018–2020) and Senior Director, NA Confections (2016–2018).
Kyle Peterson
LinkedInExperience: Chief Marketing Officer · Summit Hill Foods
Chief Marketing Officer at Summit Hill Foods since July 2024; his profile headline ties the role to the Better Than Bouillon® and Louisiana Hot Sauce® brands. He was previously SVP of Marketing CMO at InnovAsian (2022–2024), and at SunOpta he was Vice President of Marketing GM Frozen Fruit & Fruit Ingredients (2019–2020) and Vice President of Marketing GM, Beverage and Snacks (2017–2019).
Maria Soledad Camacho
LinkedInExperience: Chief Marketing Officer Iberia Vice President · Danone
Chief Marketing Officer Iberia Vice President at Danone since July 2023, a C-level marketing role her profile places in Barcelona; the profile describes Danone as a food and beverage manufacturing company. She was previously Global Vice President Infant nutrition & Aptamil Brands (2021–2023) and Senior Global Strategy & Innovation Director - EU Acceleration (2019–2021) at Danone.
Yvonne Adam
LinkedInExperience: Chief Marketing Officer · The Compleat Food Group
Chief Marketing Officer at The Compleat Food Group since June 2021; her profile describes the group as a food and beverage manufacturing company that aims to create quality, tasty and affordable food. She was previously Managing Director (Frozen) (2019–2021) and Marketing Director (2014–2019) at Young's Seafood.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's category and channel to yours, since marketing a snack or sauce brand to grocery shoppers raises different questions than marketing dairy, ingredients or foodservice products. If your question is about running brands across several countries, ask each person how their role was scoped and favor those who managed regional or global portfolios.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you split marketing spend between brand building, trade promotion and retail media, and how do you measure what works?
- 02How do marketing, consumer insights and R&D work together to decide which new products to launch?
- 03How has retailer private label or pricing pressure changed the way you position your brands?
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