Howden launches dedicated US Food and Beverage Practice to help companies build resilience and reduce total cost of risk
New practice provides specialized risk management solutions tailored to the unique challenges of food and beverage processors, manufacturers, distributors and retailers
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London and New York, July 2, 2026 – Howden announces the launch of a dedicated US Food and Beverage Practice, designed to help companies in North America address the increasingly interconnected risks impacting the industry.
The new practice will serve large consumer-facing businesses, multi-unit operators, distributors, packaging, and product companies to provide risk management, loss mitigation, and creative risk financing. The team will focus on helping leadership teams understand their total cost of risk and build programs that genuinely protect their operations, people, and balance sheets.
Today's food and beverage risk managers are no longer just protecting against isolated incidents, they're navigating interconnected threats across cost, compliance, labor, and supply chain that can cascade into enterprise-wide losses. Howden's US Food and Beverage Practice is designed to address these challenges directly, pairing high-level industry expertise with the service standards that clients deserve.
Led by Matt Replogle, Managing Director, Food and Beverage, a seasoned leader who brings over two decades of industry and risk management experience to one of the most operationally challenging sectors in the market.
Mike Parrish, CEO, Howden Americas, said: “With experience on both the buyer and advisor side, this team truly understands the challenges food and beverage companies face every day. They’ve seen how a supply chain issue can quickly snowball into an operational, financial, legal, and reputational challenge. That kind of expertise is invaluable in an industry facing increasing volatility alongside growing regulatory and compliance demands.
Our US food and beverage clients see the difference in service that goes far beyond placement, solutions built around how their industry actually works, and the kind of wisdom and insight that only comes with years of experience.“
Matt Replogle, Managing Director, Food and Beverage, said: “Businesses in this industry operate in an environment where a single disruption can rapidly affect suppliers, production, distribution, customers, and brand reputation. Our food and beverage practice was built to help clients see the full picture of risk across their entire business, proactively address exposures, and build risk strategies that protect their business, reputation, and growth objectives.” Howden announces the launch of a dedicated US Food and Beverage Practice, designed to help companies in North America address the increasingly interconnected risks impacting the industry.
The new practice will serve large consumer-facing businesses, multi-unit operators, distributors, packaging, and product companies to provide risk management, loss mitigation, and creative risk financing. The team will focus on helping leadership teams understand their total cost of risk and build programs that genuinely protect their operations, people, and balance sheets.
Today's food and beverage risk managers are no longer just protecting against isolated incidents, they're navigating interconnected threats across cost, compliance, labor, and supply chain that can cascade into enterprise-wide losses. Howden's US Food and Beverage Practice is designed to address these challenges directly, pairing high-level industry expertise with the service standards that clients deserve.
Led by Matt Replogle, Managing Director, Food and Beverage, a seasoned leader who brings over two decades of industry and risk management experience to one of the most operationally challenging sectors in the market.
Mike Parrish, CEO, Howden Americas, said: “With experience on both the buyer and advisor side, this team truly understands the challenges food and beverage companies face every day. They’ve seen how a supply chain issue can quickly snowball into an operational, financial, legal, and reputational challenge. That kind of expertise is invaluable in an industry facing increasing volatility alongside growing regulatory and compliance demands.
Our US food and beverage clients see the difference in service that goes far beyond placement, solutions built around how their industry actually works, and the kind of wisdom and insight that only comes with years of experience.“
Matt Replogle, Managing Director, Food and Beverage, said: “Businesses in this industry operate in an environment where a single disruption can rapidly affect suppliers, production, distribution, customers, and brand reputation. Our food and beverage practice was built to help clients see the full picture of risk across their entire business, proactively address exposures, and build risk strategies that protect their business, reputation, and growth objectives.”