Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Company appointed veteran company sales and marketing leader R. Scott Tidey president, effective immediately.
Tidey previously was senior vice president, global sales for Hamilton Beach Brands, the holding company’s core small appliance subsidiary. Gregory H. Trepp, previously president and CEO of the company, continues to serve as CEO.
Trepp said Scott’s appointment as president follows a longstanding succession plan.
“(Tidey) is an incredibly effective member of our executive leadership team and has helped us navigate through some of the most challenging and exciting times in our company’s history,” Trepp said. “He has been instrumental in the successful execution of our strategic initiatives to expand, diversify and grow our business.”
Tidey said, “Our company has many strengths that we will continue to leverage, including our ‘Good Thinking’ culture, our leadership in the small kitchen appliance industry, our portfolio of leading trusted brands, our proven customer-driven innovation capabilities, and our retailer relationships.”
Tidey, who joined Hamilton Beach Brands in 1993, ascended through the sales and marketing leadership ranks of the small appliance subsidiary. Before taking the senior global sales post for Hamilton Beach Brands in January 2023, Tidey was senior vice president, consumer sales and marketing for Hamilton Beach Brands from March 2021 to January 2023 and senior vice president, North America sales and marketing for Hamilton Beach Brands from 2010 to March 2021.
Trepp was appointed to his current position and elected to the company’s board of directors in 2017 when the company was spun off from NACCO Industries, Inc. He has served as president and CEO of Hamilton Beach Brands since 2010 and previously served as CEO of The Kitchen Collection, the company’s former retail operation, from 2010 to April 2020.
