Jim Hamel, CEO, Swanson Health Products

A dynamic and seasoned executive, Jim Hamel assumed leadership of Swanson Health Products, a global vitamin and supplement company in November 2021. As CEO, he has led the company to achieve double digit revenue growth internationally in his first fiscal year and has overseen expansion into 170+ international markets totaling over US $80M in revenue.  

Under Jim’s leadership, Swanson Health Products has continued its commitment to industry-leading service, quality and excellence with award-winning customer care and ongoing UL, NSF and Halal certification for achieving Good Manufacturing Practices and standards. Earlier in his executive career, Jim was the CFO with multi-national consumer products companies such as Diageo and Newell Rubbermaid and with other industry leading companies in ecommerce, agriculture, mining and explosives. Throughout his career he has been building his expertise in finance, international business, commercial operations, and risk management.

Jim earned his Bachelor of Science in Accounting from North Dakota State University in 1989 and is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). He also holds Six Sigma certifications and brings strong global finance acumen—with proficiency in Spanish—and board- and investor-level relationship building to every role he fulfills. Jim thrives on transformational leadership—with deep financial expertise, a global outlook, and a passion for wellness—to steer Swanson Health through its next phase of growth and innovation. 

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
We manufacture and market wellness regimens to bring everybody to
their best self every day. We have twelve hundred products
of our own that we develop, science backed solutions, and
twelve thousand of partner brand solutions.

Speaker 2 (00:13):
So when you come to our shopping experience, Swansinvitamins dot Com,
you can get our stuff and we're going to sell
our partner stuff as well to make sure you leave
with a cart full of everything you need and you
don't have to go five or six different places to
find it. You know, Swansonvitamins dot Com has been around
for fifty six years and we've got some things that
can make them feel good and be well. And I'm
very excited to do that and lead this team that's

(00:35):
really passionate about telling the world about what we have
to offer and how we can make people just feel.

Speaker 1 (00:40):
Good every day. And there's nothing better than just waking
up and feeling good.