Post Consumer Brands ushers in new CEO

ST. LOUIS — Consumer packaged food and pet products veteran Greg Pearson is joining Post Holdings Inc. subsidiary Post Consumer Brands as president and chief executive officer.

Plans call for Pearson, currently CEO of pet care and nutrition company Compana Pet Brands, to start at Post Consumer Brands on April 1. He will take over from Nicolas Catoggio, who last month became executive vice president and chief operating officer of St. Louis-based Post Holdings, in addition to his role helming Post Consumer Brands. Catoggio succeeded Jeff Zadoks as COO of Post Holdings upon his retirement in January.

“Greg’s experience leading and transforming businesses in grocery and pet, across brands and private label, is a great fit for our Post Consumer Brands organization,” said Rob Vitale, president and CEO of Post Holdings. “We are excited to welcome Greg to Post and look forward to working together to build on Post Consumer Brands’ success.”

Post noted that Pearson brings 25 years of experience in the CPG sector. He has been CEO of St. Louis-based Compana since January 2023, and Post credited him with leading “significant business transformation efforts,” including optimizing the company’s supply chain, refocusing its commercial strategy and evolving its product portfolios. Before that, he was CEO of Bluffton, Ind.-based Pretzels Inc., a private label and contract manufacturer of pretzels, where he led growth and operations initiatives that paved the way to the company’s sale to The Hershey Co. in 2021, Post noted.

Prior to joining Pretzels Inc., Pearson was head of marketing for online pet products retailer Chewy Inc. and vice president and general manager of pasta at TreeHouse Foods Inc. and at ConAgra Foods Inc. Those roles followed more than seven years at General Mills Inc., where Pearson held a range of brand marketing manager positions for cereal and baked foods. His career also includes trade group leadership roles as first vice chair at SNAC International and chairman of the National Pasta Association.

“I trust Greg will be a valuable leader for our business and our people and am confident his expertise and perspectives will guide Post Consumer Brands well into the future,” Catoggio said.

Post said Catoggio will work closely with Pearson in the coming months as Post Consumer Brands makes the leadership transition. Pearson will be based at Post Consumer Brands’ headquarters in Lakeville, Minn.

The largest business of Post Holdings, Post Consumer Brands totaled sales of $4.02 billion in fiscal 2025. Its roster of grocery, cereal, snack and pet food products includes brands such as such as Honey Bunches of Oats, Pebbles, Grape-Nuts, Malt-O-Meal, Peter Pan, Nutrish, Kibbles ‘n Bits and 9Lives.