ConAgra CFO to retire, and other personnel announcements
PROCESSORS/RETAILERS/DISTRIBUTORS: Organto Foods Inc., Canada Andrew Yau was appointed as new chief financial officer. Yau has an extensive accounting background, having previously served as controller of several TSX and TSX-V listed companies including Organto, where he was responsible for all aspects of accounting, tax compliance, managing banking relationships, financial reporting and developing internal control frameworks. Yau assumes the position from Akbar Hassanally, who left to pursue other opportunities.
ConAgra Foods, Inc., Omaha, Neb.
Executive vice president and CFO John Gehring announced plans to retire after 14 years of service with the company. Gehring joined ConAgra in 2002, and assumed his current role in early 2009. Before joining ConAgra Foods, he was a partner with Ernst & Young, and held auditing positions with PepsiCo and KPMG.