The Middleby Corp CEO Timothy FitzGerald on M&A: ICR Conference 2026

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Exec-Edge

Mon, January 26, 2026 astatine 10:15 AM CST 2 min read

Exec Edge hosted a fireside chat astatine the ICR Conference 2026 with Timothy FitzGerald, Chief Executive Officer astatine The Middleby Corp. (Nasdaq: MIDD). The in-person interrogation was joined by Editor-in-Chief John Jannarone, and they discussed the company’s caller M&A and translation into 3 chiseled businesses of nutrient processing, a associated task with 26North for residential kitchen, and the Middleby marque connected its own, among different topics.

About Timothy FitzGerald

Mr. FitzGerald was named Middleby CEO successful 2019 and has been with the institution for astir 25 years. Before moving to the CEO role, helium served arsenic Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, a presumption helium had held since 2003.

Prior to that, helium was Vice President and Corporate Controller from 1998 to 2003. Since joining Middleby, Mr. FitzGerald has been heavy progressive successful the company-wide strategical decisions and initiatives. He has led the Middleby acquisition and concern improvement activities, with astir 120 brands successful the portfolio today. Additionally, Mr. FitzGerald directed the Middleby Worldwide planetary income and organisation operations from a conception to the ample and respected planetary person it is today.

More recently, helium was liable for the strategical enactment of the Middleby residential organisation level which supports income for each the Middleby residential brands. Prior to joining Middleby, Mr. FitzGerald held positions astatine Arthur Andersen successful audit and consulting from 1991 done 1998, moving with clients successful restructurings, concern integrations, and mergers and acquisition activities.

About The Middleby Corporation (Nasdaq: MIDD)

2025 has been a twelvemonth of translation for The Middleby Corporation arsenic it evolves from an innovative shaper of precocious room exertion for the planetary foodservice manufacture into a specialized, pure-play person successful commercialized foodservice equipment. Earlier this year, Middleby announced plans to rotation disconnected its Food Processing conception into a standalone business, and successful December 2025, the institution sold a bulk involvement successful its Residential Kitchen conception to 26North, forming a associated task to proceed producing iconic brands specified arsenic Viking and AGA Rangemaster. These strategical moves presumption Middleby for accelerated growth, focusing connected automation, labour savings, reducing nutrient costs, and driving room ratio portion expanding into caller markets similar crystal and beverage. A planetary person successful the foodservice industry, Middleby develops and manufactures a wide scope of solutions for commercialized foodservice, nutrient processing, and residential kitchens. While Middleby whitethorn not beryllium a household name, it powers galore of the world’s starring edifice brands – including YUM! Brands, Dunkin’, Burger King, Domino’s, Five Guys, Kroger and more. With implicit 100 technology-forward brands and thousands of products designed to amended efficiency, sustainability, minimize hazard done automation, AI, and IoT, Middleby is enabling the connected astute room of the future.