Kronos Foods Inc. announced two key executive appointments. Effective immediately, interim chief executive officer Michael B. Austin has been named chief executive officer, and brand-building veteran Alan S. Willner has assumed the newly created position of senior vice president and chief marketing officer.
Austin, who became Interim CEO in August, has more than 25 years of senior management specialty food and foodservice experience, most recently as CEO of Gourmand Specialty Foods Inc., an importer, distributor and producer of high-end specialty foods. Austin previously served in executive roles at specialty food supplier Atlanta Foods International Inc. and at leading food distributors U.S. Foodservice and SYSCO Corporation.