Charles H. Melander — Senior Vice President of Operations & Quality Assurance at Turning Point

Mr. Charles H. Melander, also known as Chuck, serves as Senior Vice President of Operations & Quality Assurance at Turning Point Brands, Inc. During his nine years with the company, Mr. Melander has held various key leadership positions in Product Integrity and Operations, including Vice President of Product Integrity and Vice President of Product Integrity and General Manager, Louisville Operations. He spent 22 years with Swedish Match North America and its subsidiary, the Pinkerton Group. Before leaving Swedish Match North America, he served as the Vice President of Research & Development and Corporate Quality Assurance, where he was responsible for all new product development and product improvement projects and initiating and monitoring corporate quality assurance programs including six sigma, cost of quality, and lean manufacturing programs. He also served on the worldwide Scientific Advisory committee for Swedish Match. Mr. Melander holds a B.S. in Biochemistry from Centre College and an M.B.A. from Vanderbilt University Graduate School of Management.