Austin / TX. (asb) Amplify Snack Brands Inc., a leading marketer and manufacturer of branded better-for-you snack food products, announced the promotion of Malcolm Burns to Senior Vice President and Managing Director International, effective October 05, 2017. Burns joined Amplify at the beginning of 2017 as Head of European Finance and has been leading the International business in the capacity of interim Managing Director since June.
«We are very pleased to announce Malcolm’s well deserved promotion», commented Tom Ennis, Amplify’s President and Chief Executive Officer. «We have been impressed with the progress Malcolm and the team have made during the last few months to create and begin executing against a performance improvement plan for the International business. His invaluable contributions to the strategic and financial development of our international team coupled with the strength and depth of his leading consumer packaged goods experience truly set him apart as we evaluated both internal and external candidates for this position, and we look forward to his contributions as we build upon our growth potential globally».
Burns has extensive experience in leading international consumer packaged goods businesses. He previously worked in a variety of senior strategy and finance director roles in the UK, Eastern Europe and Africa for Cadbury, Kraft Foods, Mondelez International and British Sugar. Burns began his career in accounting and audit roles at Ford Motor Company and Deloitte.
