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Hostess Brands hires former
Tyson exec as president and c.e.o.
KANSAS CITY - Andrew P. Callahan has
been named president and chief executive
officer of Hostess Brands, Inc., effective
May 7. He will replace C. Dean Metropoulos, who has been serving as interim president and c.e.o. since March 31. The company's former president and c.e.o., William D.
Toler, retired at the end of March.
Mr. Callahan most recently was president of North American Foodservice and
International at Tyson Foods, Inc. and
earlier was president of Retail Packaged
Brands at Tyson. Prior to that, he was president of retail for Hillshire Brands. While
there, Hillshire completed an initial public

offering and was acquired by Tyson Foods.
Mr. Callahan also was chief customer
officer for Sara Lee Corporation North
America, president of Sara Lee
Foodservice Division, and general
manager of Jimmy Dean. Prior
to Sara Lee, he spent 13 years at
Kraft Foods in roles of increasing
responsibility in marketing, sales
and general management.
Before beginning his corporate Callahan
career, Mr. Callahan spent seven
years in the U.S. Navy as a flight officer.
He received a bachelor's of science degree in mechanical engineering from the

MacKie to chair K.S.U. Grain Science
& Industry Advisory Council
MANHATTAN, KAS. - Robb MacKie,
president and chief executive officer of
the American Bakers Association, has
been elected chairman of the Kansas
State University Grain Science & Industry Advisory Council. He succeeds
David Krejci, who served as chairman
for the past six years.
The council provides input and guidance to Gordon Smith, Ph.D., head of the
Grain Science & Industry Department.
Input is provided by stakeholder industries such as baking, milling, feed science
and pet food.
"I am honored to work with my

industry peers to strengthen the globally recognized and respected academic
leader in grain science," Mr. MacKie
said. "The department plays a vital role in developing future leaders, conducting leading grain science research and working with
the grower community."
Mr. MacKie has been president
and c.e.o. of the A.B.A. since 2006,
and earlier he spent 10 years as MacKie
vice-president of government
relations for the association. Prior to
joining the A.B.A. he was director of
congressional relations - labor for the

United States Naval Academy and a master's degree in business administration
from the Florida Institute of Technology.
"We are delighted to welcome Andy to
the Hostess team," Mr. Metropoulos said.
"He is a very accomplished consumer
packaged goods executive with strong
experience in leading brands, and
we welcome his leadership, brand
and innovation expertise as we
continue to further build our distribution and market share in the
sweet baked goods category. We
believe Andy has the right combination of entrepreneurial and
strategic leadership and people
management skills to lead Hostess into
our next phase of growth and build value
for our stockholders." MBN
Associated General Contractors of
America, assistant director of government relations for the American Subcontractors Association, and legislative
assistant for the U.S. House of Representatives.
He has been a member of the K.S.U.
Grain Science & Industry Advisory Council since 2006.
"We have a number of projects
ahead of us to help the department," Mr. MacKie said. "Specifically, we will be focusing on
assisting the department with
student recruitment, scholarship
development and upgrading facilities. I also look forward to increasing the awareness of the work of the
department in the baking industry." MBN

Indigo Ag taps Frank Crespo as Imran Nawaz to join Tate & Lyle
chief supply chain officer
as chief financial officer
BOSTON - Frank Crespo has been named chief supply chain
officer at Indigo Ag, Inc., a company that is focused on helping farmers sustainably feed the world. In his new role he will
lead Indigo's efforts to transform the agriculture value chain,
building capabilities that increase grower profitability.
Mr. Crespo has more than 20 years of procurement experience,
most recently as chief procurement officer and vice-president
of the global supply network division at Caterpillar. Earlier, he
was vice-president and chief procurement officer at Honeywell.
Mr. Crespo also has held leadership positions at Electronic Data
Systems, Praxair, Texas Instruments and Hewlett-Packard.
He received a bachelor's degree from the U.S. Naval Academy and a master's degree in business administration from
the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. He
is a retired reserve naval officer and earned the rank of captain
after serving for more than 24 years.
"Frank is a proven strategic leader, who is deeply aligned
to Indigo's mission," said David Perry, president and chief executive officer of Indigo. "His background in global procurement, logistics and building digital capabilities will be an asset
to our team." MBN
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LONDON - Imran Nawaz, a former executive with Mondelez
International, has been named chief financial officer at Tate & Lyle
P.L.C. Mr. Nawaz also has been named to the company's board, effective Aug. 1, 2018. Mr. Nawaz succeeds Nick Hampton, who was
promoted to chief executive officer of Tate & Lyle earlier this year.
Mr. Nawaz joins Tate & Lyle from Mondelez International,
where he has been senior vice-president of finance, Europe, since
2014. Prior to that, during a 16-year career at Mondelez and Kraft
Foods, he held a number of senior financial roles across Europe,
the Middle East and Africa.
Mr. Nawaz started his career with the auditing firm, Deloitte,
in New York where he spent three years. In 1997, he joined Philip
Morris in corporate audit before moving to Kraft Foods initially
to work in global supply chain finance in London, and then as a
regional financial controlling manager based in Vienna.
In 2005, he was appointed finance director, Middle East & Africa,
and then category finance director, Cheese & Grocery Europe, in
2007, and vice-president of finance, Chocolate Europe, in 2009. In
2013, he became vice-president of finance, Eastern Europe, Middle
East, and Africa, before being appointed as senior vice-president of
finance, Europe, in 2014, based in Zurich, Switzerland. MBN
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