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Former Kerrygold senior executive takes up role with US food ingredients company

Iarlaith Smyth, the former president of Ornua Foods North America, has left the company to take over as chief executive of Henry Broch Foods

Kerrygold is the most successful food brand ever created by the Irish food industry

The former head of Ornua’s key business arm in North America has formally left the company to take up a new role with a US food ingredients and co-packing group.

Iarlaith Smyth, who served as president of Ornua Foods North America between 2018 and last year, has been appointed chief executive of Henry Broch Foods, a Chicago-based company with more than 750 staff.

Smyth’s departure from Ornua, the Irish dairy co-op which owns the billion-euro ...