Daiya Foods Appoints Melissa Lee as Chief Financial Officer

As a member of the Daiya Senior Leadership Team, Lee will report directly to Michael Watt and she will be responsible for leading the finance and IT teams for Daiya.

Originally from Canada, Lee returns following three years in the United States, where she most recently held an executive leadership role as vice president, corporate FP&A with Walmart Inc.  

"The appointment of Melissa Lee to the position of chief financial officer comes at an exciting time for Daiya; we have just opened our new state of the art plant-based food manufacturing and innovation facility, the largest and first of its kind in North America," said Watt. "I look forward to working closely with Melissa as we accelerate Daiya's leadership position in the plant-based movement." 

Prior to her time in the US, Lee held progressively senior finance roles in merchandising, supply chain, store operations and e-commerce over her 10 years with Walmart Canada. Her early finance career started at Unilever Canada, where she held a range of business partnering and FP&A roles from 2002-2010.