After Pat

Impossible Foods is so closely associated with its outspoken founder, Pat Brown, that the company’s future with Peter McGuinness at the helm is hard to imagine. But McGuinness, with his 30-plus-year career in marketing and strategic management, is well positioned to take Impossible from self-proclaimed mission to mature, profitable — and possibly publicly traded — manufacturing firm.

Brown, of course, has taken the company from idea to one of the highest-profile entrants to the 21st…