Fungal ingredient company, The Protein Brewery, has announced the appointment of Sue Garfitt as CEO.

Formerly chief executive of Alpro, Garfitt will lead the next stage of the company’s development as it prepares to go to market.

The Protein Brewery, which develops fungal food ingredients, such as its flagship product Fermotein, says that Garfitt has extensive leadership experience in the food sector.

After beginning her career at PepsiCo, Garfitt further developed her commercial skills at New York Bakery, before taking the helm at plant-based dairy giant Alpro.

“We are incredibly pleased that Sue has accepted the position as CEO of The Protein Brewery,” said the company’s chairman, Bente Korsgaard Andersen.

“She has broad and quite unique experience, from both the food sector in general and, more specifically, an impressive track record in pioneering in the plant-based field, setting the scene for what plant-based is today.

“Sue knows how to bring a story to market and grow the business. We are confident she will be successful in driving The Protein Brewery forward in supplying scalable, smart and sustainable food ingredient solutions, contributing to feeding a growing population towards 10 billion people in 2050.”

Commenting on her appointment, Garfitt said: “I am excited to be joining The Protein Brewery at this pivotal moment in the company’s development. I look forward to working with an enthusiastic and smart group of colleagues to further accelerate the company’s position in championing fermented fungal food ingredients across the globe.”

She added: “We are well positioned to deploy our scientific capabilities and prepare for the next stage of bringing Fermotein and other alternative protein solutions to the market”.

To support this next step, the company is constructing its first commercial scale-up brewery, which is expected to be operational in the second quarter of 2023.

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