Kyle Newkirk has served as Chief Commercial Officer of Westrock since November 2024. Previously, Mr. Newkirk served as Executive Vice President Global Sales and Innovation, overseeing Westrock s customer-focused insights to new products pipeline, sales to consumer-packaged goods customers, and international business development from 2022 to 2024, Executive Vice President Global Sales Innovation and Marketing from 2020 to 2022, Senior Vice President Global Supply Chain of S. & D. Coffee, Inc., a subsidiary of Westrock, from 2019 to 2020, SVP Commodities and Global Sourcing of S. & D. Coffee, Inc. from 2016 to 2019 and Vice President Global Sourcing Commodity Risk and Innovation of S. & D. Coffee, Inc., from 2013 to 2016. Prior to joining Westrock Coffee in 2012, Mr. Newkirk held leadership roles in innovation, global supply chain, and sustainability at several Fortune 500 consumer packaged goods companies including The Hershey Company, General Mills, Sara Lee, and Tyson Foods. He also served as a career Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Agency for International Development with postings in Washington D.C., Kabul, and Bangkok where he managed post-conflict and post-disaster reconstruction projects. Mr. Newkirk holds a B.S. in Education and an M.S. in Food Science from Oklahoma State University.