Alan Murray

Previously serving as CEO of Tetra Pak North America, Alan Murray brings to LactaLogics decades of experience in food processing, business development, and management.

Murray has worked with the consumer packaging and natural foods industries for more than 30 years, having held various international marketing and general management roles. As TetraPak CEO in North America, he worked closely with many leading beverage brands and played a key role in bringing new packaging formats to the U.S. In 2010 he became CEO at NextFoods, makers of probiotic juice, GoodBelly. Murray was instrumental in licensing the brand’s patented probiotic technology from Sweden and participated in early activities such as brand creation and pitching to investors.

Murray is an active board member in public and private equity, and venture capital owned companies. He is Vice Chairman of the publicly listed company SunOpta, a $1 billion global provider of natural and organic foods ingredients. He has worked closely with CEOs as coach and sounding board in companies ranging in size from pre-revenue to $1billion. He was the founder of the North American Carton Council, an industry body that serves to promote the recycling of cartons in the US.

A graduate of the University of Cape Town, South Africa with a degree in Biochemistry and Applied Statistics, Murray participated in the Unilever Management Development Program and has attended various courses at the Business School IMD in Lausanne Switzerland. He is a Guest Speaker at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business and has taught case studies of his work at London’s Ashridge Business School.