Kerry announces Oliver Kelly as Group Chief Commercial Officer

John Cahalane as President and CEO of Kerry North America and Peter Dillane as President and CEO of Kerry Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa (APMEA)

Kerry Group, a global leader in taste and nutrition announced several senior executive appointments. Oliver Kelly has been named Group Chief Commercial Officer, John Cahalane as President and CEO of Kerry North America, and Peter Dillane as President and CEO of Kerry Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa (APMEA).

With the recent divestment of its dairy processing division, Kerry Group has continued its decades-long evolution, becoming more exclusively focused as a global provider of science-backed, taste and nutrition solutions for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical sectors. To position the company for its next phase of growth, the following appointments to key executive positions have been announced:

Oliver Kelly will assume the role of Group Chief Commercial Officer, with executive responsibility for global commercial effectiveness and customer relationships. Based at Kerry’s US headquarters in Beloit, WI, Oliver will also assume executive responsibility for Global growth accounts and the organisation’s global marketing team.

John Cahalane will take on the role of President and CEO North America, succeeding Oliver, and will drive business and innovation in Kerry’s largest market, with over 6,000 employees and 50 manufacturing sites.

Peter Dillane will take over from John Cahalane as President and CEO of APMEA. With over 3 billion people in 118 countries, Peter will focus on expanding Kerry’s footprint across this region while leveraging local and global expertise and resources to support new and existing customers. 

The appointments coincide with the planned retirement of Malcolm Sheil, who will leave the business later this year, after a 36-year career spanning several continents at Kerry which has seen him hold the roles of Group Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), CEO of Kerry Europe, and CEO of Latin America, among others.