Specialty Foods Group Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of John Williams to the position of executive vice president and chief financial officer and Ron Spangler to the position of senior vice president of sales and marketing. Both will report to Thomas D. Davis, president and chief executive officer, Specialty Foods Group Inc. (SFG). Further, the company announced that James H. Dorton, executive vice president and chief financial officer, is leaving the company, effective immediately, to purse other career opportunities. SFG is the operating arm of Specialty Foods Group Income Fund.
Williams has over 30 years of experience in the food industry, with 15 years as a chief financial officer in both public and private companies, including an extensive background in all aspects of financial and operations management focused primarily in the meat and seafood industry. He will be responsible for overall leadership of the company's financial and accounting activities, including financial planning and analysis, public reporting, SFG's banking and treasury functions and Information Services. Additionally, he will play a key role in the company's mergers and acquisitions program.