BS (Food Systems Economics and Management)
Appointed: 1 October 2025
Background and experience: Ken is a global food retail and consumer-sector executive, entrepreneur, investor and board director with more than 35 years of experience across food retail and consumer markets. Ken spent 24 years at Whole Foods Market, most recently as Executive Vice President of Operations for North America and the United Kingdom until 2019. During this period, he played a key role in the growth of Whole Foods and its eventual sale to Amazon. Ken currently serves as an Executive Partner at Shore Capital Partners, a Chicago-based private equity firm focused on food and beverage investments. He serves on the boards of Alliance Markets & Vending, Companion Baking, H2O Care Partners and Sweetmore Bakeries. Ken is also co-founder of PrimoFare and a founding partner and investment committee member of Midnight Ventures Partners.