SEATTLE - GOOD PLANeT Foods has named Bart Adlam as co-chief executive officer. Adlam joins current CEO and founder David Israel. The company plans to grow the brand dramatically year over year while also leading growth in the plant-based cheese segment overall.  

“We’re thrilled to have Bart join our team. It’s our goal to grow GOOD PLANeT through impressive leadership in the plant-based category, making an impact on the food industry overall,” said Israel. 

Adlam brings to the company more than 30 years of experience in the consumer packaged goods category, most recently as CEO of Chef’s Cut Jerky. Adlam has also held leadership positions at Post Cereal and siggi’s, and he sits on the boards of plant-based brands Lavva and Aloha Foods. 

“I’m excited by GOOD PLANeT’s mission and by the great quality of the products,” said Adlam. “As impressive as the accomplishments to date have been by David and the GOOD PLANeT team, the brand is just getting started.  We’re going to continue innovating and significantly grow distribution, driving growth in the brand, the plant-based cheese segment and the category overall.”