Amala Foods Plc announced Ron Lopez Davis recently joined the team as Director of Product Innovation. Ron is a classically trained Chef De Cuisine with over 20 years of restaurant and catering experience. He has worked in corporate and private catering at restaurants in New York City, San Francisco, Seattle and Palo Alto. Ron's experience includes working alongside renowned chefs such as Jacques Pepin, Jeremiah Tower, Hubert Keller, Gary Danko, and Thomas Keller. Ignacio Ugarte has joined the team as Brand Manager. Mr. Ugarte has over 20 years of advertising and branding experience. He has worked as creative director in several top agencies in San Francisco, Barcelona and founded his own branding agency in the Philippines which has helped local brands break into international markets as well as creating original concepts for restaurants and consumer products. He is also co-founder of a local travel and adventure magazine. The plant-based food sector is growing exponentially within Asia and the Company believes that it is in the right place at the right time to capitalise on the opportunity.