Amplify Snack Brands, Inc. Appoints Malcolm Burns To Senior Vice President & Managing Director International

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Amplify Snack Brands, Inc. (“Amplify” or the “Company”) (NYSE:BETR), a leading marketer and manufacturer of branded better-for-you snack food products, today announced the promotion of Malcolm Burns to Senior Vice President and Managing Director International, effective October 5, 2017. Mr. Burns joined Amplify at the beginning of 2017 as Head of European Finance and has been leading the International business in the capacity of interim Managing Director since June.

“We are very pleased to announce Malcolm’s well deserved promotion,” commented Tom Ennis, Amplify’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “We have been impressed with the progress Malcolm and the team have made during the last few months to create and begin executing against a performance improvement plan for the International business. His invaluable contributions to the strategic and financial development of our international team coupled with the strength and depth of his leading consumer packaged goods experience truly set him apart as we evaluated both internal and external candidates for this position, and we look forward to his contributions as we build upon our growth potential globally.”

Mr. Burns has extensive experience in leading international consumer packaged goods businesses. He previously worked in a variety of senior strategy and finance director roles in the UK, Eastern Europe and Africa for Cadbury, Kraft Foods, Mondelez International and British Sugar. Mr. Burns began his career in accounting and audit roles at Ford Motor Company and Deloitte.

About Amplify Snack Brands, Inc.

Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Amplify Snack Brands is a high growth snack food company focused on developing and marketing products that appeal to consumers’ growing preference for Better-For-You (BFY) snacks. Our brands SkinnyPop®, Tyrrells®, Paqui®, Oatmega®, Lisa’s® Chips, The Wholesome Food Company™ and Thomas Chipman™ embody our BFY mission of “snacking without compromise” and have amassed a loyal customer base across a wide range of food distribution channels in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Europe and Australia. For additional information, please visit: http://amplifysnackbrands.com.