Middleby Creates, Fills New Forward-Thinking Position

Rebecca Ellin has been appointed as the senior vice president, investor strategy and corporate development at Middleby.

According to a release, the newly created role reflects the company’s strategic focus on accelerating growth and enhancing stakeholder engagement as it executes transformation initiatives, including a planned food processing segment spinoff.

Her responsibilities will include evaluating capital allocation priorities, managing capital market initiatives, and ensuring strategic communication with investors, analysts and key stakeholders.

Ellin has 18 years of public equities experience from Baron Capital Group, where she most recently served as vice president, research analyst. She also has worked at Oppenheimer Capital and Standard & Poor’s.

Ellin holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania.

“As we continue positioning Middleby for sustained long-term growth, Rebecca’s deep industry knowledge, extensive investor community experience and capital markets expertise will be invaluable,” says CEO Tim FitzGerald. “Her appointment strengthens our team and ability to execute our strategic initiatives, including our upcoming food processing spinoff, and effectively communicate our compelling value proposition to the investment community.”