Tate & Lyle announces appointments to its Executive Committee

Tate & Lyle PLC (Tate & Lyle), a leading global provider of ingredients for healthier food and beverages, is pleased to announce the appointment of Kim Faulkner as Chief Supply Chain Officer and Melissa Law as Chief Commercial and Transformation Officer. Both appointments will be effective from 25 August 2025.

Kim Faulkner joins Tate & Lyle from Colgate-Palmolive, the US multinational consumer products company, where she worked for over 25 years in a number of senior roles across its Global Supply Chain. Kim will join Tate & Lyle’s Executive Committee. Most recently, she served as Colgate’s Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer.

Melissa Law, who currently serves as Chief Supply Chain Officer and has worked for Tate & Lyle and been a member of the Executive Committee since 2017, is taking on the role of Chief Commercial and Transformation Officer. Melissa has led Tate & Lyle’s highly successful productivity programme for the last seven years and, prior to joining Tate & Lyle, worked for Baker Hughes in various operational and commercial roles.

Commenting on the appointments, Nick Hampton, Chief Executive of Tate & Lyle said:

“We are delighted to welcome Kim to Tate & Lyle and look forward to benefitting from her vast experience and knowledge of operating complex global supply chains. We are delighted to welcome her to our executive team.

Melissa has built an impressive and proven track record of success throughout her career, and we are excited she is taking on this key role as we look to accelerate growth across our newly enlarged business”.

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About Tate & Lyle PLC:  

Supported by our 165-year history of ingredient innovation, we partner with customers to provide consumers with healthier and tastier choices when they eat and drink. We are proud that millions of people around the world consume products containing our ingredients and solutions every day.  

Through our leading expertise in sweetening, mouthfeel and fortification, we develop ingredients and solutions which reduce sugar, calories and fat, add fibre and protein, and provide texture and stability to food and drink in categories including beverages, dairy, bakery, snacks, soups, sauces, and dressings.  

Tate & Lyle recently acquired CP Kelco, a leading provider of pectin, speciality gums and other nature-based ingredients to create a leader in mouthfeel, significantly enhancing our solutions capabilities. Following this combination, we now have more than 5,000 employees working in around 75 locations in 38 countries, serving customers in more than 120 countries. Science, Solutions, Society is our brand promise and how we will achieve our purpose of Transforming Lives through the Science of Food. By living our purpose, we believe we can successfully grow our business and have a positive impact on society. We live our purpose in three ways, by supporting healthy living, building thriving communities and caring for our planet.  

Tate & Lyle is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol TATE.L. American Depositary Receipts trade under TATYY. For the year ended 31 March 2025, and on a pro forma basis which assumes for illustrative purposes that the combination with CP Kelco took place on 1 April 2024, revenue for the enlarged Tate & Lyle Group would have been £2.12 billion. For more information, please visit www.tateandlyle.com or follow Tate & Lyle on LinkedIn, X (Twitter), Facebook or YouTube