Premium Brands Holdings Corporation announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Mr. Thomas P. Dea as an independent non-executive director of the Corporation effective December 1, 2023. Mr. Dea is a long term shareholder of Premium Brands in his personal capacity and has extensive experience as a director of private and public companies, including as Chairman. He is the President and CEO of Kicking Horse Capital Inc. He was previously a partner with West Face Capital where he co-led the launch of the West Face Alternative Credit Fund.

He was also a Managing Director at Onex Corporation. Mr. Dea received a B.A. (Economics) from Yale College and a M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.