Thai Union Public : Chicken of the Sea International Names Andy Mecs as EVP, Commercial

Mecs will have oversight of multiple departments including, Sales, Marketing, and Supply Chain.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. - August 18, 2021 - Chicken of the Sea International (COSI), announced the appointment of Andy Mecs to the role of Executive Vice President, Commercial.

In this new role, Mecs will have oversight of multiple departments including Sales, Marketing, and Supply Chain. He will be working in tandem with the key department leaders in each functional area. Mecs will report to Bryan Rosenberg, President & CEO, Thai Union North America (TUNA).

'Andy has more than 17 years of experience in CPG with the vast majority of his experience all within the seafood sector. His outstanding accomplishments on the commercial side of the business are well documented. We believe that with Andy's experience and vision, he is a tremendous addition to the outstanding team we currently have in place at COSI,' said, Bryan Rosenberg, President & CEO TUNA.

A Pittsburgh native, Mecs has spent the majority of his career with StarKist, successfully rising through the ranks, experiencing, and impacting multiple aspects of the business from trade marketing, field sales, corporate affairs to product innovation, eventually rising to the position of Vice President of Marketing & Innovation (CMO).

Mecs received his BA in Business and Philosophy from the University of Pittsburgh and his JD/MBA from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business.

About Chicken of the Sea International

Founded in 1914, Chicken of the Sea International (COSI) is a leading provider of healthy, delicious and responsibly sourced seafood, offering not only a robust product line but the recipes and meal-planning insights needed to inspire seafood lovers to greater culinary creativity. The company provides tuna, salmon, clams, crab, oysters, shrimp, mackerel, kipper snacks and sardines in cans, cups, and pouches as well as innovative new products consistent with seafood's growing status as a healthy 'new' protein choice in America.

For information on Chicken of the Sea, including recipes, serving suggestions and nutritional and meal-planning insights as well as information on the latest new Chicken of the Sea products, go to www.chickenofthesea.com. Follow the Mermaid on Facebook, Twitter and on Instagram.

Headquartered in El Segundo, Calif., COS uses responsible fishing practices to source its seafood products from around the world, and packages them at a state-of-the-art processing facility in Lyons, Georgia, as well as at third-party facilities. The company is led by a team of industry veterans with more than 300 years of collective experience in the packaged seafood industry.