Manus Bio Expands Sales and Marketing Team with Two Key Hires
23 February 2021 - 3:38PM
Manus Bio Inc. (Manus Bio), announced today the expansion of its
sales and marketing team with the hires of Heather Barbarino as
Vice President of Marketing and Gary Dempsey as Vice President of
Sales & Business Development. Ms. Barbarino will be responsible
for all activities related to natural sweetener brands and will
oversee the execution of Manus Bio’s global marketing strategy. Mr.
Dempsey will be responsible for sales and business development
activities across Manus Bio’s portfolio of products. Both Ms.
Barbarino and Mr. Dempsey will report to Brendan Naulty, President
of Sweeteners & Natural Ingredients.
"Manus Bio has multiple ingredients in production and a
significant pipeline of products on the way, so now is the time to
expand our team to accelerate our commercial activities,” said
Brendan Naulty. “With close to three decades of transformational
experience in marketing and communications, Heather will bring
leadership, knowledge and proven know-how to our branding and
transformation plan.” Mr. Naulty continued, "Gary is a seasoned
sales executive with strong industry and market awareness as well
as an extensive network of key industry contacts. I am confident
that both Heather and Gary, each with proven track records of
success in their respective roles, will be tremendous assets for
our company.”
Prior to joining Manus Bio, Ms. Barbarino served as the
Marketing and Communications leader at TIC Gums, where she led the
transformation from traditional marketing to a robust global
marketing and digital strategy. She also worked in a global
marketing role within Food and Beverage segments at Aptar,
specializing in strategic marketing, voice of the customer
analysis, and IP acquisitions. Ms. Barbarino has held various
executive positions in product development and management on an
international scale where she has a proven track record of driving
business results through innovative campaigns and building
high-performance teams across a variety of industries. She holds a
B.S in Management with a focus in global marketing from Penn State
University.
Mr. Dempsey joins Manus Bio with over 25 years of commercial
leadership in the Food Ingredient, Flavors, and Food and Beverage
industries and has held strategic sales roles with Givaudan,
Symrise, and Doehler. Multilingual and multicultural, Mr. Dempsey
has lived and worked both in the U.S. and overseas. He
holds a Master’s degree from The London School of Economics and a
B.A. from Miami University in Ohio.
"I am proud to join Manus Bio, a company whose mission on
providing access to natural ingredients is truly transformative and
impactful, not just for today but for building sustainable
solutions for tomorrow. I look forward to introducing this
exceptional manufacturing technology to different markets all
around the world," said Ms. Barbarino.
Mr. Dempsey commented, “I am very pleased to be joining the
Manus Bio team. Manus Bio’s growing product portfolio has already
generated significant interest from ingredient and consumer product
companies around the globe, and I am excited to work with our
customers on providing sustainable, economical, high-performing
ingredients.”
About Manus Bio
Manus Bio leverages rapid advances in Biology to produce complex
natural ingredients used in our daily lives as flavors, fragrances,
food ingredients, cosmetics, vitamins, pharmaceuticals and
agricultural chemicals. Using its advanced fermentation technology,
Manus Bio recreates natural processes for next-generation
industrial biomanufacturing and provides sustainable and
cost-effective sources of ingredients for health, wellness, and
nutrition. To learn more, visit www.manusbio.com.
Contact: info@manusbio.com