Karl Kramer

President, Innovation & Commercial Development Tate & Lyle

Karl was appointed President of the newly-formed Innovation and Commercial Development Group at Tate & Lyle on June 1, 2010, after serving two years as President of the Tate & Lyle Sucralose Division.

He has close to 30 years experience in the food and beverage industries in a variety of functional and international capacities.  Upon obtaining his Bachelors degree in Chemical Engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, he began his career in R&D at General Foods, where he received 4 U.S. patents for his work in product and process development.  His early career also included a brand management assignment at Nestle.  Later, Karl worked in the NutraSweet Kelco Division of Monsanto in several domestic and international sales management roles.  Prior to joining Tate & Lyle, Karl worked for the flavour division of Givaudan where he served in various General Management roles including international assignments in Mexico, Brazil and Switzerland.  In additional to his engineering degree, Karl holds an MBA from the New York University Stern School of Business.