On August 26, 2025, ingredient supplier MycoTechnology announced the appointment of Dr. Robert Scott to its board of directors. Scott is a food and beverage industry executive with over 25 years of experience across the corporate, academic and nonprofit sectors.
Scott previously served as the president of R&D at Kraft Heinz and as vice president of R&D at Coca-Cola. During his time at Coca-Cola, he led research teams in new ingredient discovery and sweetener technology development. Since May 2025, he has been the president of Albany State University in Albany, Ga.
“We are thrilled to welcome Robert to the MycoTechnology board of directors,” said chairman of the board Rob Case. "Robert's broad understanding of the food and beverage industry and specifically his beverage category sweetener expertise will be especially valuable as we commercialize and bring to market our revolutionary new ingredient, honey truffle sweet protein.”
Chief executive officer Jordi Ferre added, “In addition, Robert’s contributions to the board will be important by providing the customer view as we continue to expand our portfolio of natural ingredient solutions from mushroom mycelia fermentation onto the global food and beverage markets.”
