Hugh McGuire – Glanbia | Global Fitness 100™ 2025
Recognized as one of the top 100 leaders shaping the fitness industry.
Mastering Global Nutrition Leadership
Hugh McGuire is Chief Executive Officer of Glanbia, a global nutrition powerhouse employing over 5,700 people across 32 countries. Since joining in 2003, McGuire has helped guide Glanbia’s transformation from a heritage dairy business into a diversified, science-led nutrition leader. Appointed CEO in 2024, he now directs an enterprise serving consumers in more than 150 markets through innovation, scale, and disciplined growth.
Glanbia’s portfolio under his leadership includes leading brands such as Optimum Nutrition, SlimFast, BSN, Isopure, Think!, Amazing Grass, Nutramino, and Body & Fit. A strategic change agent with deep consumer insight, McGuire integrates disciplined M&A with entrepreneurial brand expansion. By advancing both institutional scale and consumer trust worldwide, McGuire secures his place among the Global Fitness 100™ 2025, shaping the global future of nutrition.
