Plant-based meat firm Impossible Foods brings in new Chief Science Officer and Chief Supply Chain Officer
Industrial biotechnology veteran Sunil Chandran is joining Impossible Foods, a company that develops plant-based substitutes for meat products, as its Chief Science Officer.
He will oversee the company’s R&D and innovation departments, with a focus on improving the firm’s existing products and introducing new innovations to its product portfolio.
Chandran joins from Amyris, where he spent more than 17 years bringing new fermentation derived ingredients to market, most recently as its Chief Science Officer and Head of R&D.
Supply chain specialist Rob Haas is, meanwhile, joining as Chief Supply Chain Officer, where he’ll oversee all parts of Impossible’s supply chain, from ingredient sourcing to dynamic forecasting.
A 30+ year industry veteran with experience in the US, APAC and Western Europe, Haas brings nearly 20 years of leadership experience from Anheuser Busch InBev, where he served as the Global VP of Ingredients, Supply Chain as well as the CEO and President of Metal Container Corporation, an AB InBev subsidiary.
Most recently, Haas was the Chief Supply Officer at EverGrain Ingredients, a sustainable ingredient company created and backed by AB InBev to upcycle its barley grains into high quality, nutritious ingredients and plant proteins.
“Sunil and Rob are exceptional leaders who know how to run critical business functions at scale,” says Peter McGuinness, President and CEO, Impossible Foods.
“In addition to the depth and breadth of their expertise, they’re also both genuinely motivated by our mission and want to help us succeed in service of that. I’m excited to usher in this next phase of growth under their leadership.”
The hires follow several key executive appointments for Impossible Foods in the past six months.
In January, it brought in its first Chief Demand Officer, Sherene Jagla, as well as its first Chief Marketing and Creative Officer, Leslie Sims.
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