Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. announced that John Hatto has been promoted to the role of senior vice president, strategy & growth, as of Jan. 25, 2021.
Hatto has more than 30 years of experience in the food and beverage industry. Most recently, he led Lamb Weston’s distributor sales team as vice president, sales, for the foodservice business unit.
Since joining Lamb Weston in 2015, Hatto has played a leading role in major initiatives at Lamb Weston focused on capturing share growth. Prior to joining Lamb Weston, Hatto worked for PepsiCo’s foodservice division for more than 10 years in a variety of sales leadership roles, most recently as vice president of sales strategy.
“I’m looking forward to John joining our executive team in this new role,” said Tom Werner, CEO Lamb Weston. “Since joining Lamb Weston, John has been instrumental in driving growth in our foodservice business unit. John will now have the opportunity to drive similar growth across the company as he focuses on our broader long-term strategic and growth initiatives."