CJ Foods, a global leader in Korean, Asian and American cuisine, and the food business unit of CJ CheilJedang, announced the appointment of Adam Ricciardone as its new global chief technology officer (CTO).

With more than 30 years of experience as a global R&D executive across the FMCG and consumer health industries, Ricciardone brings deep expertise leading innovation across Asia-Pacific, North America and Europe. His track record of aligning technical innovation with strong commercial outcomes will support CJ Foods as it continues to scale its global portfolio and strengthen R&D competitiveness.

As global CTO, Ricciardone will lead CJ Foods' global growth agenda centered on bibigo global strategic products (GSP). In this role, he will establish a global R&D strategy roadmap grounded in evolving food industry trends, enhance CJ Foods' differentiated technology competitiveness, and build a cross-regional collaboration system to generate stronger global synergies across Regional R&D organizations.

Prior to CJ Foods, Ricciardone served as global head of R&D, skin health & beauty at Kenvue, where he led enterprise innovation and improved business profitability. In particular, he established cross-functional collaboration and change management processes that shortened new product launch timelines and rapidly reset technology roadmaps to prioritize business viability.

Previously, he spent nearly three decades at Johnson & Johnson, including as head of R&D, consumer health Asia-Pacific.

Ricciardone holds a Master of Business and Technology and a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Chemistry from The University of New South Wales.