CRANBURY, NJ. — Chris Antal has been named strategic marketing manager at Innophos.

He joins the specialty ingredients producer from Ferrero, where he was brand manager for the Kinder Bueno brand. Before that he held a series of marketing and sales positions at Church & Dwight, leading brand strategy for the OxiClean and Arm & Hammer brands. He also brings product innovation and branding experience from Apex Tool Group, where he developed construction tools for the Wiss, Lufkin and HK Porter brands.

Mr. Antal holds a bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship from Elon University and a master’s degree in business administration with a concentration in marketing from Temple University.

“I’m excited for Chris to join the Innophos team,” said Eugenia Erlij, vice president of marketing and communications at Innophos. “His consumer goods marketing knowledge and his experience building scalable brands will help us to expand our portfolio of relevant solutions for the food, health and nutrition industries.”