JACKSON, MI — Dawn Foods announced a shift in the executive leadership team, including the hiring of Jennifer Cloherty as CFO.
Cloherty succeeds Karl Brown, who will transition into an advisory role for the global bakery manufacturer and ingredients distributor.
“Jennifer is an exceptional financial leader with great long-term vision, and I am proud to have her join the Dawn leadership team,” said Carrie Jones-Barber, CEO. “I am confident she will continue to build and develop the wonderful talent we have within our financial organization and partner with our leaders to drive the strategic, operational and financial performance of our global business.”
Cloherty is joining Dawn with 27 years of global business experience. Most recently, she served as CFO for Kellogg North America in addition to her role as the executive sponsor for the Kellogg African American Resource Group and Kellogg Veterans Group. Additionally, Cloherty attained financial leadership roles at Aptiv, Owens Corning and GE. Through the 19 years she spent at GE, she worked in numerous operational and commercial finance positions across the US and Europe.
Brown began in 2000 working at Dawn and has since held a variety of financial and commercial leadership roles critical to the development and growth of Dawn’s international business. For the past five years, he has also led the global IT team.
“I thank Karl for his incredible leadership, counsel, and friendship over the years and look forward to continuing to work with him in his new role with Dawn,” Jones-Barber added.
Brown will work together with Cloherty in the coming months as she onboards into the company.
With the transitions for Dawn’s IT team, Bob Howland, chief digital officer, will expand his role to cover Dawn’s global digital and IT organizations.
“Bob has done a tremendous job transforming our business through best-in-class digital solutions that benefit both our team members and our customers,” Jones-Barber said. “Our digital and IT teams already work closely together on technology infrastructure and cyber security projects, which are critical to help protect our systems and data. Bringing together these two organizations under Bob’s leadership further strengthens our team and aligns with our strategic ambitions for the business.”
