Dole Packaged Foods announced the expansion of its US leadership team as part of its strategy to achieve its commitments to make nutritious foods accessible for 1 billion people, and a movement towards zero fruit loss and zero fossil-based plastic packaging by 2025, and net zero carbon emissions by 2030, a company statement reads. Heading the new appointments are Juan Carlos Dalto, president & managing director, Americas, including North and Latin America, and Örzse Hódi, vice president of Marketing.
JC Dalto joined the Dole team in January 2021 as president & managing director of Dole Packaged Foods in the Americas, including North and Latin America, succeeding Brad Bartlett, who retired at the end of 2020. Originally from Argentina, Dalto brings over three decades of focused fast-moving consumer goods and food experience, spending more than half of his career with nutrition and wellness companies around the world including Danone, The Pillsbury Company, Kraft Foods, and most recently, Savencia Fromage & Dairy. A worldwide Italo-Argentinean executive, Dalto and the other new leaders will work from Dole’s Westlake Village, California Americas headquarters.
“The need for good nutrition for all is something that is universal, and something I have been working towards throughout my career,” said JC Dalto. “I am excited to join this team and to be a part of a company that is purpose-built, focused on the consumer, and is committed to working together to achieve ambitious goals towards sustainable and profitable growth.”