Background

Darryl Riley has been a servant leader in the CPG industry for more than 30 years, working globally across several continents building teams, people, and their leadership for sustainable growth, innovative product development, superior quality, and best-in-class food safety.

Darryl served as the senior vice president, chief sustainability officer from July 2022 until November 2023 and on the executive leadership team in this same capacity at Hostess Brands, LLC. In these roles, he led a multidisciplinary team that advanced corporate responsibility strategy and execution, ensuring that an environmental, social, and governance (ESG) framework was integrated into business and commercial operations. From December 2016 through June 2022, Darryl served as senior vice president of quality, food safety, R&D, and consumer affairs. From March 2016 through November 2016, he was president of Total Food Safety Management, a quality and food safety consulting firm assisting small to medium-sized food companies build their quality and food safety culture. Prior to this, Darryl served two stints as vice president, R&D, quality & innovation at Kraft Foods where he spent the bulk of his 19 years in domestic and international roles based in the United States, Canada, Japan, Germany, and the UK. From July 2004 through August 2013, Darryl was vice president, research, quality & technology at the Kellogg Company.

Education

BS in chemical engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology