Saputo Announces Organizational Evolution to Support Long-Term Growth Strategy
MONTRÉAL, Sept. 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Saputo Inc. (TSX: SAP) (“we”, “Saputo” or the “Company”) today announced an evolution of its organizational structure designed to strengthen the Company's ability to execute its strategic priorities, enhance commercial execution within its ingredient business, accelerate enterprise transformation, and support continued expansion of its ingredients platform.
The changes reflect Saputo's ongoing commitment to evolving its business to meet changing customer, consumer, and market needs while enhancing organizational agility and execution.
"As Saputo continues to evolve its portfolio and invest in growth opportunities, it is important that our organizational structure evolves alongside our business," said Carl Colizza, President and Chief Executive Officer. "These changes are intended to increase organizational focus, strengthen accountability, and improve execution across key strategic priorities. This is about ensuring we have the right structure to support our future ambitions and create sustainable value for our stakeholders."
New Ingredients Division
As demand for higher-value dairy ingredients continues to grow globally, Saputo is creating a dedicated Ingredients Division to accelerate innovation, strengthen commercial focus, and expand opportunities across global markets.
Steve Douglas has been appointed President and Chief Operating Officer, Ingredients, where he will be responsible for leading the division's commercial, operational, innovation, and growth initiatives. Mr. Douglas will also remain President and Chief Operating Officer, Dairy Division (UK), until the completion of the previously announced sale of the Dairy Division (UK).
Enterprise Transformation
To support the Company's continued evolution and accelerate the adoption of new technologies and ways of working, Saputo has created the role of Chief Enterprise Transformation Officer, to be led by Haig Poutchigian.
In this newly created role, Mr. Poutchigian will lead the integration of our business administration and operational finance, as well as information technology teams into a single enterprise services model.
The new structure is intended to improve consistency, visibility, and scalability across the enterprise. By bringing these capabilities together, Saputo expects to streamline processes, reduce complexity, improve coordination, and accelerate execution, while supporting productivity, automation, and data-driven decision-making across the enterprise.
Canadian Division
As part of its organizational evolution, Dave Paradis has been appointed President and Chief Operating Officer, Dairy Division (Canada). In this role, Mr. Paradis will lead Saputo's Canadian operations, with a focus on advancing the division's strategic priorities, strengthening commercial execution, enhancing customer partnerships, and driving operational excellence across the business.
Supporting the Next Phase of Growth
This organizational evolution reinforces several priorities that Saputo has communicated over recent years, including:
- Expanding value-added dairy and high-protein ingredients capabilities.
- Leveraging digital and AI-enabled technologies.
- Simplifying processes and improving execution.
- Supporting sustainable growth and value creation.
These organizational changes do not alter Saputo's strategic priorities. Rather, they are intended to enhance focus, accountability, and execution across the business.
"Throughout our history, Saputo has continually evolved to meet the changing needs of our customers, consumers, and markets," added Mr. Colizza. "These changes represent the next step in that evolution and will help ensure we remain well positioned to compete, grow, and create value in the years ahead."
About Saputo
Saputo, one of the top ten dairy processors in the world, produces, markets, and distributes a wide array of dairy products of the utmost quality, including cheese, fluid milk, extended shelf-life milk and cream products, cultured products, and dairy ingredients. Saputo is a leading cheese manufacturer and fluid milk and cream processor in Canada, and a leading dairy processor in Australia. In the USA, Saputo is a leading cheese producer and extended shelf-life and cultured dairy products manufacturer. Until completion of the previously announced divestiture, , Saputo remains the leading manufacturer of branded cheese and dairy spreads in the United Kingdom. In addition to its dairy portfolio, Saputo produces, markets, and distributes a range of dairy alternative products. Saputo products are sold in several countries under market-leading brands, as well as private label brands. Saputo Inc. is a publicly traded company, and its shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol “SAP”. Follow Saputo’s activities at Saputo.com or via Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
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