Three months after acquisition of Peter Pan Seafood Co., the new owners are continuing to build their management team, most recently for leadership in sales and plant management.
On April 1, Peter Pan’s vice president of operations, Jon Hickman, announced that Brody Pierson had signed on to lead domestic and international sales for shelf-stable products, while Gayle Janzow had been named plant manager for the company’s Valdez plant.
Pierson has extensive experience in domestic canned sales and logistics. Most recently he served as domestic canned sales manager at Icicle Seafoods and OBI Seafoods. He also has export and trade experience.
Janzow has over 20 years of experience in seafood operations, including value-added at Orca Bay Foods and production technology at Marel. While in college, she worked summers on the can lines for Peter Pan.
Sale of the seafood processing company was completed on Dec. 31, bringing Peter Pan back under U.S. and Alaska ownership, and making it a vertically integrated firm with a focus on value-added sales channels combined with the legacy of the over 100-year-old processor. The announcement follows the hiring of Jon Hickman to lead Peter Pan’s Alaska operations; Mark Foster as chief financial officer; Steve Minor as business development manager; Jonathan Thorpe in sourcing, partnerships and investments; and Kevin Larsen as vice president of international sales and business development.
