Farmer Brothers Appoints Maurice Moragne as Chief Sales Officer
NORTHLAKE, Texas, June 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Farmer Bros. Co. (NASDAQ:FARM) (the “Company”) today announced the appointment of Maurice Moragne as Chief Sales Officer, effective June 8,
2020.
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Mr. Moragne brings over thirty years of experience in the consumer goods industry with deep knowledge of the food & beverage category and valuable expertise working in the Direct Store Delivery
(DSD), Retail, and Omni Distribution Models. Farmer Brothers believes his knowledge of value added functional beverage ingredients, partnerships within the industry and a proven track record of
innovation in the US foods and beverage market will reinforce and position Farmer Brothers as a leader in beverage innovation. He most recently served as Chief Executive Officer, Chief Sales
Officer and Founder of International Agriculture Group LLC, an ingredient technology company, where he was responsible for managing investor financing, as well as assembling sales, marketing and
technical teams. Prior to that, Mr. Moragne served as General Manager of the Chiquita Fruit Solutions business division of Chiquita Brands International, Inc., where he oversaw Sales, Marketing and
Customer Service among other key operating functions. He previously held other management positions with Chiquita Brands International, Inc. as well as Naturipe Foods, LLC, L’Oreal USA, and British
American Tobacco.
Deverl Maserang, President and Chief Executive Officer of Farmer Brothers, said, “I am very pleased to welcome Maurice to the Farmer Brothers team. He has tremendous experience across multiple
types of sales strategies and channels as well as expertise with extracts and other value-added functional beverage ingredients that pair extremely well with our focus on innovation and continuing
to deliver the products our customers need to drive their businesses. Leveraging his expertise from leadership roles at multi-national branded food and beverage companies, Maurice also brings
strength to Farmer Brothers’ sales organization and important additional insights that we believe will help support our eCommerce platform and our optimized offering of allied products. We look
forward to his contributions as we continue to not only navigate the COVID-19 operating environment but also execute our turnaround strategy.”