Paul Block

Chief Executive Officer and President

Paul Block joined Merisant as Chief Operating Officer in September 2004, and in November of that year Mr. Block became Chief Executive Officer. He was elected chairman of the Board of Directors in February 2006. Prior to joining Merisant, Mr. Block had served as president and chief executive officer of Sara Lee’s Coffee and Tea Consumer brand. There, he led an impressive turnaround in operating performance. Mr. Block also served as chief marketing officer and, subsequently, EVP general manager of Allied Domecq Spirits USA, where he was instrumental in the repositioning and double-digit growth of its Courvoisier brand. Additionally, while at Danone International Brands, Mr. Block launched Dannon bottled water in the United States, achieving number one market share after only eight months. He has also held various brand management, field marketing and sales positions at Guinness Import and Miller Brewing companies.

Jonathan W. Cole

Vice President, Business Development, General Counsel and Secretary

Jonathan Cole has serves as Vice President, Business Development, General Counsel and Secretary of Merisant Worldwide, Inc. since September 2008. Prior to Mr. Cole's expanded role, Mr. Cole served as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since joining Merisant in April 2005. Prior to joining Merisant, Mr. Cole was counsel in the New York offices of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld LLP where his practice focused on corporate finance, restructuring and M&A transactions. Mr. Cole graduated from New York University School of Law in 1993 and the University of Chicago in 1987.

Carrie Murphy

Vice President, Global Human Resources

Carrie Murphy serves as Vice President, Global Human Resources. Prior to her current position, Ms. Murphy served as Global Director of Human Resources, Human Resources Director for the Americas, and Sr. Manager International Recruiting from the time of her hire in September 2005. Ms. Murphy brings over 15 years of human resources management experience to our company; she was Senior Manager Human Resources for Motorola, Inc. from August 2003 to December 2004, Sr. Mgr Human Resources and Staffing at The Spiegel Group from January 2002 to July 2003, and Assistant Director Human Resource at Ernst and Young LLP from December 1997 to July 2001.

Yann Kervoern

Vice President, Managing Director for the Americas

Yann Kervoern serves as Vice President, Managing Director for the Americas since August 2009. Prior to August 2009, Mr Kervoern served as General Manager of North America since October 2008. Prior to joining Merisant, Mr. Kervoern spent 19 years with the Danone Group where he most recently served as vice president of sales, in charge of the Quick Service Restaurant business around the world. With Danone, Kervoern lived across three continents (Asia: Singapore; North America: Chicago & New York; Europe: Barcelona & Paris), and took great professional responsibilities such as the launch of Evian Natural Spring Water across south East Asia and Dannon Natural Spring Water in the United States, the lead of Global Key Accounts like McDonald’s and Ahold, with whom he established common health & wellness platforms, and the participation to the write-up of Danone Group’s commercial policy. He attended Reims Business Management School in France where he earned a Master degree in Sales, Marketing & International Trade.

Hugues Pitre

Vice President, Managing Director for EAME

Hugues Pitre has served as Vice President, General Manager for France, Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxemburg since April 2005 and assumed general manager responsibility for the United Kingdom, Ireland and South Africa starting in 2006. On September 1, 2009, Mr. Pitre became Vice President, Managing Director, EAME. Mr. Pitre joined Merisant in 2002 as Director, EAME Strategy & Marketing and became Global Vice President Marketing in 2004. Prior to joining Merisant, Mr. Pitre had worked for Johnson & Johnson Consumer France as Associate Franchise Director in Paris between 1998 and 2002 and with Bain & Company, as consultant from 1994 to 1998. Mr. Pitre graduates from ESCP-Europe (1987) and INSEAD (1994).

Brian Alsvig

Vice President, Finance, Planning and Analysis

Brian Alsvig serves as Vice President, Finance, Planning and Analysis. Prior to his current position, Mr. Alsvig served as Director, Global Financial Planning and Analysis from 2005 to 2008, Senior Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis from 2002 until 2005 and he had served in financial planning and controller positions since he joined our predecessor in 1995.

Julie Wool

Chief Financial Officer

Julie Wool serves as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to her current position, Ms. Wool served as Vice President, Finance, Controller from Jan. 2008 until Dec. 2009, Global Controller and Treasurer from 2007 until 2008, Director of Global Accounting and Consolidations from 2003 until 2007. Ms. Wool joined our company in the controller's group shortly after its divesture from Monsanto in 2000. Ms. Wool is a CPA, holds an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Business and a BS from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana.