# Leadership 

Meet our powerhouse leadership team.

Michael Axelrod President & Chief Executive Officer, BellRing Brands, Inc.  

Michael Axelrod is President & Chief Executive Officer of BellRing Brands, where he also serves on the Board of Directors. Before joining BellRing, Michael was CEO of Snak King, a leading manufacturer of branded and private-label salty snacks. Prior to that, he served as CEO of Del Real Foods, where he led significant revenue growth and drove major operational improvements. Earlier in his career, he held senior leadership roles at TreeHouse Foods, Whirlpool Corporation, and Kraft Foods. He began his career at The Boston Consulting Group.

With more than 30 years of experience in the consumer packaged goods industry, Michael is passionate about building high-performing teams, driving operational excellence, and using data-driven insights to deliver sustainable, profitable growth.

Michael lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, and enjoys spending time with his family, golfing, and traveling.

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Paul Rode Chief Financial Officer, BellRing Brands, Inc.  

Paul Rode is Chief Financial Officer, at BellRing Brands. With 20+ years of progressive experience with multinational public companies, his diverse industry and finance background includes operational experience with a $200 million telecom division of a Fortune 500 company and executive level financial reporting roles at $3 billion plus consumer product companies. He served as the Chief Financial Officer of Post’s Active Nutrition business from 2015 – 2019.

Additionally, Paul was Chief Financial Officer of Consumer Brands, a prior reporting segment of Post, from late 2014 to early 2015. He served as Vice President, Finance of Post from January to November 2014, and Vice President, Corporate Development of Post from October 2013 to January 2014.

Paul drives team energy through thought leadership in efficiency and process development. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Kentucky and his MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.

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Robin Singh Chief Supply Chain Officer, Premier Nutrition Company  

Robin Singh is Chief Supply Chain Officer at Premier Nutrition Company. He is an accomplished strategic, values-led integrated supply chain leader with 20+ years of operations experience with multinational consumer products companies.

Prior to joining BellRing Brands and Premier Nutrition, Robin spent 24 years at Mondelez International serving in a variety of roles, including Vice President of Operations. Over the course of his career, he has held various leadership positions in operations strategy, integrated business planning, procurement, manufacturing, logistics, service and inventory management.

Robin leads with proven abilities to engage, inspire and develop teams to achieve transformational goals.

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Eric Hunn Senior Vice President of People, BellRing Brands, Inc.  

Eric Hunn is the Senior Vice President of People at BellRing Brands. He is responsible for talent acquisition, corporate culture, and all things people related. He believes that when you give people the freedom, guidance, and tools to grow their professional craft, you achieve stunning company results.

Eric has been leading the People function at PNC since 2018 and held senior HR roles with both Whole Foods and Ghirardelli Chocolate after spending the first decade of his career in Washington, D.C. working in federal policy roles. He received his undergraduate degree from UCLA and earned both his Juris Doctor and Master of Public Affairs degrees from Syracuse University.

He is married with two school-aged boys and is an avid hiker, runner, and snowboarder, which means he relies on our products every day.

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Craig Rosenthal Chief Legal Officer and Chief Compliance Officer, BellRing Brands, Inc.  

Craig Rosenthal is Chief Legal Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at BellRing Brands. He is responsible for all legal and regulatory affairs and strategies for the company, and also oversees quality, compliance and ESG.

His background includes 20+ years of corporate legal management and law firm experience. Craig was Senior Vice President, Law for Altice USA, a Fortune 500 multinational telecommunications and entertainment company. Prior to that, he was Senior Vice President and General Counsel of a $3 billion telecommunications company. Craig started his career as a corporate attorney with Husch Blackwell. Craig has significant experience leading mergers and acquisitions, commercial transactions and legal operations, along with working with boards of directors.

Craig earned his law degree from Washington University in St. Louis — School of Law and his undergraduate degree in Accounting from the University of Missouri-Columbia.

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Brian Hofmeister Senior Vice President – Information Systems, BellRing Brands, Inc.  

Brian Hofmeister is the Senior Vice President – Information Systems at BellRing Brands. He oversees information security, technology adoption, process improvement, and system simplification.

Brian’s CPG experience includes leadership roles at Post Holdings, Dell Enterprise, and Ralcorp Holdings. Brian began his career performing M&A due diligence, large-scale system migrations, and process improvement projects and is passionate about rapid technology adoption utilizing cloud platforms.

Brian is a member of several Information Technology councils including SecureWorld St. Louis Advisory Council, St. Louis CIO Governing Body, and the InspireCIO Leadership Network where he was a finalist for ​“CIO of the Year” in 2023. In his free time, he is an avid woodworker and student of aviation.

## Board of Directors

Robert V. Vitale

Chairman 

Michael Axelrod

Shawn W. Conway

Thomas P. Erickson

David I. Finkelstein

Jennifer Kuperman

Chonda J. Nwamu

Elliot H. Stein, Jr.