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
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, delivered double digit global sales growth for Stella Artois including leading two Super Bowl marketing campaigns, and oversaw the development and commercialization of several emerging brands. From 2006 to 2012, Ms. Choi held various marketing and innovation roles within the personal care business of Unilever PLC, based in the U.S. and Singapore. Ms. Choi led multiple brands and innovation launches globally, including across the U.S., Southeast Asia, Middle East, and Africa, among others. Ms. Choi began her career in financial services at Goldman Sachs in the Credit Risk Management and Advisory group and Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Ms. Choi holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.A. in Economics from Vassar College. QualificationsMs. Choi’s qualifications to serve on our Board of Directors include her substantial marketing, commercialization and leadership experience, in each case as it applies to product campaigns and launches. |

#### 2025 Proxy Statement19
PROPOSAL NO. 1: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS § DIRECTORS OF UTZ BRANDS, INC.

| Roger Deromedi   Age: 71 |     | Career HighlightsMr. Deromedi serves as Lead Independent Director of Utz, having served in this role since December 2022. Prior to this role, Mr. Deromedi served as Chairperson of the Company from August 2020 to December 2022, and was Co-Executive Chairperson of Collier Creek from June 2018 through August 2020. Mr. Deromedi has over 45 years of operational experience in the consumer goods sector, overseeing multiple businesses and iconic consumer brands. Mr. Deromedi was Independent Chairperson and Lead Independent Director of Pinnacle Foods from April 2016 to October 2018 and was Non-Executive Chairperson from July 2009 to April 2016 and Executive Chairperson from April 2007 to July 2009. Mr. Deromedi also was an advisor to Blackstone in relation to their acquisition of the company in April 2007. Pinnacle Foods was a manufacturer and marketer of consumer branded food products, whose key brands include Birds Eye (frozen vegetables, meals, and sides), Duncan Hines (desserts), Vlasic (pickles), Wishbone (salad dressings), Aunt Jemima (breakfast products), Mrs. Butterworth and Log Cabin (syrups), Udi’s and Glutino (gluten-free products), and Gar