Nicholas Whitley

Nicholas Whitley has served as their President and Chief Executive Officer since January 2013, having joined the company at a time when it was primarily focused on North American personal care. Under his leadership, the company undertook a first wave of successful acquisitions that expanded the company’s capabilities and geographic footprint in North America.

Mr. Whitley then developed and executed a plan to further expand the company’s capabilities across the beauty and personal care, and home care sectors, which saw the company complete seven additional acquisitions and integrations in fiscal year 2020. Before joining their company, Mr. Whitley was President of KIK Custom Products, a division of KIK Corporation, from 2007 to 2009, where he developed and implemented an integrated approach to customer management and manufacturing networks.

From 1999 to 2007, he held a number of senior executive positions at Cott Beverages, a public company focused on private label and contract beverage manufacturing for regional and national brands. He ended his time at Cott Beverages as Managing Director of Western Europe, in charge of three manufacturing sites in the United Kingdom and a network of third-party bottlers across Eastern and Western Europe.

Mr. Whitley holds a B.S. in general agriculture (with honours) from Aberdeen University.