San Leandro, California – Aryzta has announced the promotion of Tyson Yu to Chief Executive Officer of North America, succeeding Dave Johnson. Currently, Yu serves as Chief Operating Officer of North America, a position he earned in March 2018. Johnson will remain with the company as Non-Executive Chairman of Aryzta’s North American business.
“I would like to thank Dave for his leadership and contribution in refocusing our North American business in the past two years, improving our customer focus, restructuring and reorganizing the region and successfully launching Project Renew. I am pleased that he will continue to stay involved with the group. Tyson has significant experience in our business in various geographic, operational and functional roles in North America over the past decade. John has been deeply involved in the commercial, innovation and strategy development across the group. I wish them both every success in their new roles,” explained Kevin Toland, Chief Executive Officer of Aryzta.
Yu has been with Aryzta for nine years, having served as President and Chief Operating Officer of the company’s Canadian business, as well as Senior Vice President of Business Development and Vice President of Strategy and Business Transformation. Prior to Aryzta, Yu was Director of Planning and Strategic Initiatives for FSB Global Holdings and was also previously an Associate at Lindsay Goldberg and Analyst at Merrill Lynch.
Along with Yu, John Heffernan has been promoted to President and Chief Commercial Officer of Aryzta North America. He joined the company in March 2018 and most recently served as Group Chief Strategy Officer. Before joining Aryzta, Heffernan was Founder and Chief executive Officer of Clearpower and AER, Chief Development Officer at DAA PLC, Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company, Trade Marketing Manager at Tomkins P.L.C., Acquisitions Manager and Development Director at Boundary Capital, and Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company.
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