Lee Taylor

Lee Taylor has over 25 years of work experience in the food and beverage industry. Lee has held various executive and leadership roles in companies such as CO-RO, Lucozade Ribena Suntory, GlaxoSmithKline, Kraft Foods, Sunny Delight Beverages Co., Firmenich, The Coca-Cola Company, and Gerber Juice.

At CO-RO, Lee Taylor served as the Executive Vice President of Global Marketing & Innovation, responsible for delivering innovation and leading global marketing initiatives. Lee was also a board member in some regional joint ventures.

Prior to that, at Lucozade Ribena Suntory, Lee Taylor was the NPD Director. Lee successfully created and maintained a multi-million pound NPD pipeline and played a key role in developing commercial strategies for all brands.

Lee Taylor also held the position of Technical Director - Functional Beverages at GlaxoSmithKline, where they led the manufacture of technical concentrates globally and managed the roll out of the Functional Beverages pipeline.

Furthermore, they served as the Senior Manager of Global Packaging R&D Chocolate at Kraft Foods, where they developed the global packaging strategy for the tablet chocolate business and collaborated with marketing teams to ensure an innovative and focused pipeline.

Earlier in their career, Lee Taylor worked as the International Technical Director at Sunny Delight Beverages Co., leading the integration and technical integration of Sunny Delight into Orangina Schweppes. Lee also directed the R&D and innovation strategy, focusing on international expansion and product development.

In addition, Lee Taylor has experience working at Firmenich as a Senior Beverage Flavourist and at The Coca-Cola Company as an R&D Technology Manager, responsible for leading the innovation pipeline and managing R&D for various brands.

Overall, Lee Taylor has a strong background in driving innovation, leading global marketing initiatives, managing NPD pipelines, and developing packaging strategies in the food and beverage industry.

Lee Taylor attended the University of Nottingham from 1991 to 1994, where they obtained a Bsc. Hons degree in Food Science.