Tate & Lyle PLC, a leading global provider of ingredients for healthier food and beverages, has announced 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 the company 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 program for the last seven years and, prior to joining Tate & Lyle, worked for Baker Hughes in various operational and commercial roles.
“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.”
– Nick Hampton, Chief Executive of Tate & Lyle.
It partners with customers to provide consumers with healthier and tastier choices when they eat and drink. Through its leading expertise in sweetening, mouthfeel and fortification, it develops ingredients and solutions that reduce sugar, calories and fat; add fiber 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, and Society is its brand promise and how it will achieve its purpose of transforming lives through the science of food.