Interim Chief Executive Officer & President and Director, Hain Celestial
Search every verified Alison Lewis interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Alison Lewis, interim CEO and president of Hain Celestial, has discussed the company's restructuring efforts, stating that it had acquired 55 brands over 25 years and was "more of a holding company than anything else." She said she was brought in to turn it into an operating company, and that the company shed 17 brands with about $800 million in sales but only about $30 million in EBITDA, aiming to become "a much more focused, much simpler company." In a separate appearance, Lewis shared religious commentary on the Israel-Hamas conflict, describing Israel as "the apple of God's eye" and urging Christians to "stand and pray for the peace of Jerusalem." She said that "the enemy wants to go after God" and that "as believers we've been engrafted in as Gentiles into the family of God." Lewis also expressed that "the church is not a pure and spotless bride" and that Christians must "mature and prepare ourselves."
“I'm not even talking mainstream media but because I think it's been shown that they can't be trusted; we need discernment to know the truth from all the different stories on the internet.”
“One of the most important things right now is for us really to get into the Word of God, open the Bible and ask the Holy Spirit for wisdom and revelation, especially as it pertains to Israel.”
“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem and for the innocent people on both sides — there are innocent people getting hurt, abducted and killed and we want to pray for comfort for them.”
“There is a very real enemy and it's so much bigger than political — it's the epic story of good versus evil laid out in the Bible; the enemy goes after God's people.”
“Israel is the apple of God's eye and as believers we've been engrafted in as Gentiles into the family of God, so we need to stand and pray for the peace of Jerusalem for our brothers and sisters.”
“I pray there will be supernatural provision and encounters, and that Jews would be open to Jesus as Messiah during this really tough time.”
“This is the beginning of the cosmic battle between good and evil where God is thwarting the will of Satan through us as believers; we're undoing the works of the enemy as commissioned through Jesus.”
“Right now the church is not a pure and spotless bride — we have work to do — and Jesus is not going to be unequally yoked with the church, so we must mature and prepare ourselves.”
“We had acquired 55 brands over 25 years and really were more of a holding company than anything else, so I was brought in to turn it into an operating company.”
“We shed 17 brands so far that had about 800 million dollars worth of sales, only about 30 million dollars worth of EBITDA, but we're getting to be a much more focused, much simpler company which allows us to really grow the ones with the biggest potential.”
“Having 55 brands you just can't nurture that many brands, so we had to make some choices in terms of which ones we were going to grow and which ones were less important to our journey going forward.”
“We saw health and wellness coming before anybody else but we were drowning in complexity.”
“We have about half of our company outside the U.S., most of it in Europe, and we have eight number one and number two share brands there, so we have an amazing portfolio of products.”
“Certainly we're watching Brexit closely and we're prepared either way.”
“99.9 of our products today are GMO free, and we know that the natural organic trend is here to stay.”
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Alison Lewis, named one of Fast Companies Most Influential Women of 2010, is a TV host, author, techno-stylist, blogger, and designer. Her passion is to make technology beautiful and accessible to the female audience through the web and video media channels. She specializes in idea generation, PR and branding of smart textiles, online DIYs and tutorials, intelligent interiors, and public speaking. Alison is the author of Switch Craft, a book with 20 DIY projects that integrate sewing, craft, and electronics. She also produces www.iheartswitch.com, an online blog that showcases technology as mo…
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