Peter Laport

Peter Laport

President and CEO
Bakkavor USA

Peter Laport is president and CEO of Bakkavor USA, which is part of Bakkavor Group, a leading global provider of innovative and fresh prepared foods. Bakkavor’s mission is to disrupt the eating habits for consumers through the offer of fresher, healthier, and more convenient foods.

Prior to Bakkavor, Laport was the chief manufacturing and supply chain officer at Revlon, where he led the company’s global manufacturing and supply chain functions. He led the transformation of Revlon’s and Elizabeth Arden global supply chain and manufacturing operations supporting revenue in over 150 countries. His global responsibilities include procurement, demand and supply planning, manufacturing strategy and operations, capital expenditures, customer service and multi-channel distribution and transportation of Revlon’s products throughout the globe.

Before joining Revlon, Laport served as chief operating officer at Ready Pac Foods/Bonduelle Fresh Americas where he provided companywide end-to-end operations leadership. Laport also served for six years as vice president of global supply chain and manufacturing for Dunkin Brands, which included 18,000 store locations in 60 countries. Responsibilities included global quality assurance, regulatory and nutrition management, and food safety systems in restaurants throughout the world.

Before Dunkin Brands, Peter held various supply chain leadership roles at Nestlé USA for more than 15 years at locations throughout the United States. He also led Quality Systems for PepsiCo for 5 years after finishing his engineering education.

Laport completed his engineering degree from Purdue University and completed his MBA at Johns Hopkins Carey School of Business.