Middleby Appoints Rebecca Ellin as Senior Vice President of Investor Strategy and Corporate Development

ELGIN, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Middleby Corporation (NASDAQ: MIDD), a global leader in foodservice equipment and technology, today announced the appointment of Rebecca Ellin as Senior Vice President, Investor Strategy and Corporate Development. This newly created role reflects Middleby’s strategic focus on accelerating growth and enhancing stakeholder engagement as the Company executes its transformation initiatives, including the planned Food Processing segment spinoff.

Rebecca will report directly to Tim FitzGerald, Chief Executive Officer, and collaborate closely with Middleby’s executive leadership team to drive investor engagement while participating in the development of the Company’s long-term growth strategy. Her responsibilities will include evaluating capital allocation priorities, managing capital market initiatives, and ensuring strategic communication with investors, analysts, and key stakeholders.

“As we continue positioning Middleby for sustained long-term growth, Rebecca’s deep industry knowledge, extensive investor community experience, and capital markets expertise will be invaluable,” said Tim FitzGerald, Chief Executive Officer. “Her appointment strengthens our team and ability to execute our strategic initiatives, including our upcoming Food Processing spinoff, and effectively communicate our compelling value proposition to the investment community.”

Rebecca brings 18 years of public equities experience from Baron Capital Group, where she most recently served as Vice President, Research Analyst, and was responsible for identifying investment opportunities in growth companies that have best-in-class management teams, sustainable competitive advantage, and are implementing differentiated strategies to create long-term shareholder value.

Rebecca previously held roles with Oppenheimer Capital and Standard & Poor’s. Rebecca holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.A. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania.

ABOUT THE MIDDLEBY CORPORATION

The Middleby Corporation is a global leader in the foodservice industry. The company develops and manufactures a broad line of solutions used in commercial foodservice, food processing, and residential kitchens. Middleby showcases its advanced solutions in the Middleby Innovation Kitchens for commercial foodservice, industrial baking and protein Innovation Centers for food processing solutions and state-of-the-art, award-winning Middleby Residential showrooms. For more information about Middleby, please visit www.middleby.com.