McCormick & Company, Incorporated announced that Malcolm Swift, President Global Flavor Solutions and Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), will retire at the end of fiscal year 2023. Mr. Swift will immediately transition to a new role as Executive Vice President for the Company. As a key leader for McCormick for the past 19 years, he will continue to serve on the Management Committee, the Company's highest leadership team, where he has served since 2014.

Mr. Swift's career at McCormick will be celebrated for his impact on advancing the Company's position as global leader in flavor. He successfully transformed McCormick's Flavor Solutions business segment into a scalable, global portfolio. He was also the driver behind the significant footprint expansion and growth of the Company's commercial business across Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) and Asia.

Mr. Swift joined McCormick as Vice President EMEA Consumer in 2005 and was subsequently promoted to President EMEA in 2008, and President Global Industrial (now Global Flavor Solutions) and International Business in 2015. He continued to oversee Global Flavor Solutions and McCormick International businesses until 2020 but retained responsibility for EMEA through the pandemic. In his most recent role as President, Global Flavor Solutions and CAO, he led the Global Flavor Solutions Strategy Council and had oversight of Global Functions including Communications, Marketing, Quality, IT, Research & Development, Business Transformation, and Global Enablement.

Mr. Swift also had responsibility for Corporate Strategy and Development from 2020 through March of 2022. Prior to joining McCormick in 2005, Mr. Swift held various commercial leadership positions at companies across Europe including Mars, Diageo - the European Division of Guinness Brewing; Time Warner Inc., and Hero AG. Mr. Swift holds a First-Class Honors degree from Aberystwyth University.

He serves as President of the Board of the European Brands Association (AIM); as Chairman of the Governors of Caldicott School and until its recent delisting was an Independent Director to the Board of Devro Plc.