Campbell’s CEO Moves From Canned Soup to NFL’s Commanders

First, the Campbell’s Firm changed its name. Now, the corporate is altering CEOs.

Present CEO Mark Clouse, 56, will step down efficient January 31 to change into president of the NFL’s Washington Commanders, the corporate introduced on Tuesday.

“The Washington Commanders function is a once-in-a-lifetime place that blends my ardour for enterprise and love of sports activities,” Clouse mentioned in a statement. “A management function in skilled sports activities is the one factor that will’ve pulled me away from Campbell’s.”

On LinkedIn, Clouse congratulated present EVP, President Meals & Drinks at The Campbell’s Firm, Mick Beekhuizen, on “turning into the fifteenth CEO in Campbell’s 155-year historical past.”

“This night, I introduced my plan to retire from The Campbell’s Company on the finish of January and transition with the incoming CEO over the subsequent two months,” Clouse wrote, including, “Probably the most important tasks a frontrunner has is to plan for his or her eventual departure and have nice leaders able to step up and preserve the momentum within the group. Mick might be implausible in doing that and extra.”

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Within the submit, Clouse mentioned that he is an avid sports activities fan who’s at all times dreamed of working within the trade.

“Leaving Campbell’s was not a simple selection,” he wrote. “Since I used to be a boy, sports activities have performed an essential a part of my life, and the thought of working on this planet of sports activities—and specifically the NFL—has been a lifelong aim. It’s actually a once-in-a-lifetime second to change into the Crew President of the Washington Commanders.”

Final month, Campbell Soup firm shareholders voted to approve a change of the corporate’s identify and take away the phrase “soup” to replicate what Clouse mentioned was the “full breadth of the corporate’s portfolio.”

Campbell’s additionally owns different meals corporations, together with Prego sauce and Goldfish crackers. Earlier this 12 months, Campbell acquired Sovos Brands, the corporate behind the Rao’s sauces, Noosa’s Yoghurt, and Michael Angelo’s frozen entrees manufacturers, for $2.7 billion.

In an announcement, incoming CEO Beekhuizen mentioned it’s a “large honor to have been chosen by the Board to steer this iconic firm” and that he’s “energized by the chance.”