The Campbell’s Company announced that its board of directors has elected Mick Beekhuizen to succeed Mark Clouse as president and CEO. Beekhuizen has also been elected a director of the company, both effective Feb. 1, 2025. Until then, Beekhuizen will continue in his role as president, meals & beverages.
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Beekhuizen will become the 15th CEO in the company’s 155-year history. He joined Campbell’s in September 2019 as chief financial officer and since 2022 has served as president of the company’s $5.3 billion meals & beverages division. He is an accomplished leader with a record of financial, commercial and operational excellence. Beekhuizen has delivered strong performance in the meals & beverages division and played a key role in the $2.7 billion acquisition and integration of Sovos Brands, Inc. During his tenure as chief financial officer, Beekhuizen led corporate strategy and the finance function, including controllership, tax, treasury, corporate audit, investor relations, corporate development, financial planning and analysis, and shared services, as well as the company’s information technology (IT) group.
Prior to Campbell, Beekhuizen was executive vice president and chief financial officer at Chobani from 2016 to 2019, where he played a key role in its growth and expansion. Earlier in his career, he was executive vice president and chief financial officer for Education Management Corporation, and a managing director at Goldman Sachs in the merchant banking division.
Clouse, who has served as president and chief executive officer since January 2019, advised the Board that he plans to retire as Campbell’s president and CEO and a Director and from the consumer packaged goods industry on Jan. 31, 2025 to become president of the NFL’s Washington Commanders.
Since joining Campbell’s in 2019, Clouse has led a transformation to reshape the company’s portfolio toward category-leading brands and made soup a key element of the company’s growth strategy. Under Clouse’s leadership, the company has delivered strong business results. He rebuilt foundational capabilities, invested in people and brands, created a highly engaged culture with strong leaders and turned its supply chain into a competitive advantage. In 2024, the company acquired Sovos Brands, Inc., adding one of the fastest growing brands in all of food with Rao’ s to accelerate Campbell’s strategy and provide a substantial runway for sustained profitable growth.
