Michelle Paterson is a highly respected executive with more than 25 years of progressive leadership experience across Compass Group Canada and Foodbuy Canada. Currently serving as Vice President, Category Development, Michelle leads a national, cross‑functional team responsible for advancing strategic procurement and category development initiatives that enable culinary innovation, operational excellence, and sustainable value creation.

In her current role, Michelle oversees teams spanning strategic procurement, category development, and culinary leadership. Together, they are focused on strengthening strategic supplier partnerships, driving enterprise‑wide collaboration, and enhancing connectivity between procurement, operations, and culinary teams. Her mandate emphasizes delivering scalable category strategies, deepening supplier engagement, and reinforcing a unified “one team” approach across Foodbuy Canada.

Michelle brings a deep connection to the business, built through strong engagement with operations and culinary partners, as well as trusted supplier relationships. Her career reflects a broad and diverse foundation, with leadership roles across systems, finance, commercial strategy, and business implementation. This experience enables her to translate strategy into practical, results‑driven solutions that support both near‑term execution and long‑term growth.