October 18, 2021
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Israeli alt-meat company has hired Edwin Bark and Adrian Sagman, former executives at Nestlé and Unilever respectively, as part of its aggressive global expansion plans.
Bark will take on the role of Senior Vice President and General Manager, EMEA. He has extensive industry experience, having previously been the Managing Director of NestlĂ©âs European Plant-Based Food Division for several years. He also recently led the establishment of the largest plant-based meat manufacturing plant in Europe.
âI am very passionate about health and sustainability, and fully committed to helping repair the worldâs broken food system by disrupting the meat industry with New-Meat,â Bark said.

Adrian Sagman has been hired as Redefineâs Director of Global Sales and Business Development. Previously, he held various business and marketing roles at Unilever over the course of a decade, and he has 13 yearsâ experience of managing sales in the food industry.
âRedefine Meat perfectly aligns with my experience of expanding businesses into new territories and creating market demand,â said Sagman. âBut there is also something special about this company: the quality and diversity of meat products, the technological innovation behind it, and the inspirational team at the helm who share my vision of making this world a better place.â

Bark and Sagman arenât Redefineâs only new hires this year â in May, it , former VP and General Manager of HP Indigo, as Executive Chairman. The company has had a successful 2021, commercially launching its first this summer after a in February. And at the beginning of the year, it conducted a blind taste test aimed at meat-eaters, where gave positive feedback.
âFollowing the incredible reaction to our commercial launch in Israel this summer, we are now ready to bring New-Meat to consumers around the world â starting with Europe next month, and continuing with the US and Asia next year,â said Eshchar Ben-Shitrit, CEO and Co-Founder of Redefine Meat. âEdwin and Adrianâs experience in scaling businesses and established networks across the food ecosystem will be invaluable in supporting our aggressive growth and taking Redefine Meat to the world stage.â
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Source: Vegconomist.com