The Board of Directors of The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. appointed Lee A. Boyce as Executive Vice President, effective September 5, 2023. Mr. Boyce will succeed Christopher J. Bellairs. Mr. Boyce, age 58, has served as Chief Financial Officer of Hearthside Food Solutions LLC, an international contract manufacturer and bakery, since September 2021 with responsibility for the company?s finance, global systems, procurement and legal organizations.

Prior to Hearthside, Mr. Boyce served as CFO, Executive Vice-President of WernerCo, an international manufacturer and distributor of climbing products and systems, fall protection equipment, jobsite storage and commercial vehicle storage, from January 2019 to August 2021 with responsibility for the company?s financial and IT organizations. Prior to WernerCo, Mr. Boyce served as CFO, Senior Vice-President of American Hotel Register Company, the largest global supplier to the hospitality industry, from 2015 to January 2019, heading its finance, strategy, analytics, sales operations and IT departments. Prior to that, Mr. Boyce served in various finance roles of increasing responsibility in commercial, strategy, supply chain, and transformation at Mondelez International /Kraft Heinz from 1995 to 2015, most recently as CFO, Vice-President of Finance, Beverages from 2013 to 2015.

Mr. Boyce began his career at Ernst & Young as a Senior Auditor and Management Consultant. Mr. Boyce is a Certified Public Accountant, a Certified Management Accountant and a Chartered Global Management Accountant. Mr. Bellairs will remain as an employee at the Company through November 20, 2023 to assist with the transition of his responsibilities.