Keurig Dr Pepper hired Justin Whitmore away from Tyson Foods for the new role of Chief Strategy Officer, effective March 1. He will report to Chairman and CEO Bob Gamgort.

At Tyson, Whitmore most recently was Executive Vice President Alternative Protein and previously Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy & Sustainability Officer. Prior to Tyson Foods, he was an associate partner at McKinsey & Co., wher he focused on consumer products and worked extensively with clients in the food & beverage sector.

Whitmore holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame and a bachelors degree in Business Management from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.