Company: UTZ
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-038342
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Company: Utz Brands, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 21
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inz, in addition to serving as the Chief Supply Chain Officer of North America, Mr. Arends lead North America Operations & Manufacturing since 2018 until September 2021 as well several Business Unit operations roles in addition to roles in Procurement and Plant management. Prior to his time at Kraft, Mr. Arends served six years at Nestle & Gerber (OTCMKTS: NSRGY), a Swiss multinational food and drink processing conglomerate corporation, from 2004 to 2010, Prior to Mr. Arends’ roles at Nestle, Mr. Arends spent five years in several supply chain roles at Deere & Company (NYSE: DE), an American manufacturing corporation. Mr. Arends started his career in 1996 with Quality Farm and Fleet, a retail chain focusing on farm supplies and equipment, where he worked in Supply Chain and Merchandising. Mr. Arends holds a B.A. in Supply Chain Management / Operations Management from Michigan State University, as well as an M.B.A. from Arizona State University with an emphasis in Supply Chain Management. |

| Jennifer BentzAge: 54 |     | Ms. Bentz joined the Company as Executive Vice President, Insights, Innovation, and Marketing Services in July 2023. She moved into the role of Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer, in January of 2024. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Bentz served as Executive Vice President, Applied Technology & Insights at CLIF Bar & Co. (a producer of energy food and drinks now part of the Mondelēz International, Inc. (Nasdaq: MDLZ)), from October 2020 to July 2023 where she led a cross-functional team and successfully infused consumer understanding into marketing activation to deliver consumer growth goals. Prior to her time at CLIF Bar & Co., Ms. Bentz served as the Chief Client Officer for Mintel, a global intelligence agency, from March 2020 to October 2020 where she led consulting and global key account teams working across the food & beverage, financial services, insurance, and technology industries. From June 2013 to December 2019, Ms. Bentz led Innovation & Insights for Tyson Foods Inc. (NYSE: TSN). Prior to joining Tyson, Ms. Bentz led the Global Consumer Insight and Strategy team at Kraft Foods (Nasdaq: KHC). While at Kraft, from 1999 to 2013, she also held leadership positions on the corporate product,