Flowers Foods Names Varnedoe President, Makes Other Appointments
Flowers Foods, Inc. announced two transitions to the senior leadership of the company and the election of two new members to the board of directors. The following changes are effective September 1: Heeth Varnedoe, chief operating officer at Flowers Foods, Inc., will begin serving as president and chief operating officer for the company. Terry S. Thomas will join Flowers Foods as chief growth officer, reporting to Ryals McMullian, chairman, chief executive officer, and president.
Effective October 1, Brigitte King, global chief digital officer at Colgate-Palmolive Company, and Joanne Smith, executive vice president and chief people officer at Delta Air Lines, will each begin serving as an independent director on the Flowers Foods board of directors.
"Congratulations to Heeth on his well-deserved promotion," McMullian said. "Over the last few years, Heeth has overseen a number of transformative initiatives at Flowers and has proven himself to be an extremely capable senior executive. Going forward, Heeth will be taking on a number of additional responsibilities and I am supremely confident that he will continue to make significant contributions to our success.