The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company Appoints Nate Baxter as Executive Vice President, Technology & Operations, Effective April 28, 2023
April 10, 2023 at 06:45 am EDT
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The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company announced that Nate Baxter, 50, an executive leader with extensive management experience, will join the Company on April 28, 2023, as executive vice president, technology & operations,
reporting to President and COO Mike Lukemire. Baxter will oversee research and development, information technology, regulatory, quality and environmental health and safety. He most recently was president of TEL U.S.,
a subsidiary of Tokyo Electron Ltd., a Japanese manufacturer of semiconductor and flat panel manufacturing equipment. In nearly 16 years with TEL, he held positions in development, production, sales and marketing. Prior to TEL, he worked 10 years with Intel Corporation in technology, supply chain, strategy and management. He has undergraduate degrees in physics from Rollins College and materials engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and a masters in materials science from Georgia Institute of Technology. Baxter is a member of the Hagedorn Partnership, L.P, which owns approximately 25% of the Company's common shares.
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company is a manufacturer and marketer of branded consumer products for lawn and garden care. The Company's segments include United States (U.S.) Consumer, Hawthorne and Other. The U.S. Consumer segment consists of its consumer lawn and garden business in the United States. Its consumer lawn and garden brands include Scotts and Turf Builder lawn fertilizer and Scotts grass seed products; Miracle-Gro soil, plant food and gardening products; Ortho herbicide and pesticide products, and Tomcat rodent control and animal repellent products. The Hawthorne segment manufactures, markets and distributes lighting, nutrients, growing media, growing environments and hardware products for indoor and hydroponic gardening in North America. Its brands include General Hydroponics, Gavita, Botanicare, Agrolux, Gro Pro, Mother Earth, Grower's Edge, HydroLogic Purification System and Cyco. The Other segment primarily consists of its consumer lawn and garden business in Canada.