The Bumble Bee Seafood Company Grows its Leadership Team with Addition of Senior Vice President of Sales

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Bumble Bee Seafood Company announces the addition of Laura Chamberlain, an accomplished sales executive, to the senior leadership team at the 120-year-old seafood company. As the Senior Vice President of Sales, Chamberlain will be responsible for positioning Bumble Bee as a best-in-class partner for retailers across all channels while continuing to grow the shelf-stable seafood category.

Chamberlain joins Bumble Bee with more than 25 years of experience working across premier CPG sales organizations, including Danone North America, The Hershey Company and Clorox. With a passion for identifying mutually beneficial and sustainable results through retailer collaboration and partnership, Chamberlain has been acknowledged by Target for “Best in Class Partnership” for her work on behalf of Danone.

“As seafood continues to grow in popularity, we recognized a need to add incremental sales strength to our team,” said Connie Cooper Shepherd, Senior Vice President of Strategy and Business Development of The Bumble Bee Seafood Company. “Laura’s background driving long-term sales growth strategies for major CPGs will be vital in moving our brand portfolio forward as we continue to develop and grow our retail partnerships and positively impact consumers.”

Known as a forward-thinking, top performer in competitive CPG categories, Chamberlain has a history of delivering innovative solutions, strategic collaboration and efficiency enhancements which have resulted strong year over year growth and marketplace performance.

“As the category leader, Bumble Bee is an iconic brand, known and loved by customers and consumers alike,” said Chamberlain. “I’m looking forward to partnering with the Bumble Bee leadership and sales team to strengthen retailer relationships so the company can continue to best meet customer needs.”

Chamberlain joins the Bumble Bee leadership team this month and will report to Cooper Shepherd who joined the company earlier this year.

ABOUT THE BUMBLE BEE SEAFOOD COMPANY

The Bumble Bee Seafood Company is passionately pursuing its purpose of feeding people’s lives through the power of the ocean. The iconic 120-year-old fishing company consistently aims to deliver delicious, healthy and affordable food to consumers while working hard to find new ways to protect the ocean and those that rely on it. Bumble Bee is firmly anchored in a commitment to connect the world to the ocean by re-defining sourcing, producing and enjoying products from and inspired by the ocean.

Bumble Bee’s full line of seafood and specialty protein products are marketed in the U.S., Canada and over 50 markets globally under leading brands including Bumble Bee®, Anova®, Brunswick®, Clover Leaf®, Snow’s®, Wild Selections® and Beach Cliff®. For more information about the company, visit TheBumbleBeeCompany.com. For product information, visit www.BumbleBee.com.