Tupperware Brands yesterday announced changes to its executive leadership team.
“As Tupperware Brands turns a new page in its iconic history, we do so with a Global Growth Strategy and Purpose that is clear and focused,” said Tricia Stitzel, president and chief executive officer. “To execute our strategy and fulfill our purpose of enriching lives on a global scale, we are pleased to announce the new leadership team selected to take the organization into the next wave of growth. The new team balances continuity in certain key positions while elevating next generation leaders to deliver on our revitalization plan.”
Effective July 1, 2018, the company named Stein Ove Fenne as group president, Tupperware Europe, Africa & Middle East, succeeding Simon Hemus, vice chairman, who will retire from the company December 31, 2018, as previously announced. Fenne most recently served as senior vice president and president, Tupperware U.S. & Canada since 2012.
Taking over the U.S. & Canada business from Fenne is Jim Bellonzi, who most recently served as senior vice president, Business Transformation.
Effective August 1, 2018, the company named Asha Gupta as executive vice president and chief strategy and marketing officer. Gupta has served as group president, Asia Pacific, since January 2014.
Also effective August 1, 2018, the company named Justin Hewett as group president, Asia Pacific. Hewett has served as area vice president with portfolio responsibility in the company’s Europe, Africa and Middle group since July 2014.