Zep Names Tim Feast Chief Executive Officer

Zep, Inc., a leading innovator, producer and distributor of professional and consumer cleaning solutions, has appointed Tim Feast as CEO.

Feast steps into the role with a mandate to lead Zep into its next phase of performance, building on the brand’s 89-year legacy as a cleaning solution for professionals and consumers across a multitude of industries, officials said.

“Zep is an incredible brand with a foundation that is the envy of this industry, trusted by professionals for 85 years and increasingly by consumers who demand real performance,” said Feast. “I’m excited to join the Zep team and our partners at Truelink Capital to capture the significant opportunities ahead of us. We have a clear focus: prioritize what matters, invest in our people, execute with intensity, and win together.”

The appointment comes less than a year after Truelink Capital, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm focused on growth and long-term value creation, completed its acquisition of Zep in July 2025.

Tenures at PurposeBuilt Brands and Beyond

Feast has nearly three decades of senior leadership experience across consumer-packaged goods, specialty manufacturing, and private equity-backed businesses. He most recently served in CEO roles across the consumer and industrial sectors, building a career defined by transformational performance improvement and successful outcomes for stakeholders.

His experience includes president and COO of PurposeBuilt Brands, a private equity-owned portfolio of specialty consumer cleaning brands, where he led the operational transformation that supported a successful sponsor exit. Before that, he served as president of personal care at KIK Custom Products, where he engineered a significant performance turnaround of the contract manufacturer of personal care, household, and beauty products, culminating in a successful sale to a new private equity sponsor.

Feast spent nearly five years at Graham Packaging, holding full P&L responsibility as president of the $1.5 billion Food & Beverage division across 43 manufacturing facilities. His broader career spans leadership roles at Spartech Corporation, Tempel Steel Company, and more than 12 years at Solutia Inc., where he grew the global Saflex business, the world leader in laminated glazing interlayers, including a period as vice president of business management in which he achieved 30% top-line growth and nearly 50% EBITDA improvement over three years.