January 27/Food Weekly News -- Diamond Foods Inc. promoted two of its top executives. Andrew Burke has been named chief marketing officer and executive vice president, and Stephen Kim has been promoted to senior vice president, general counsel and human resources. Both executives will have expanded responsibilities with these promotions.
Burke has led Diamond's marketing group since joining as a vice president in June 2006. He will continue to oversee all marketing activities for the company and will take on the leadership of Diamond Foods' pricing committee, a highly collaborative group comprised of marketing, sales and finance team members. "Andrew has excelled and grown tremendously in his role in leading Diamond's marketing efforts," said president and CEO, Michael J. Mendes. "He has always worked effectively with sales, operations and finance, which will be critical in his new strategic pricing role. We will look for Andrew to continue to enable the development and execution of a tightly integrated, consumer facing marketing strategy that is evidenced by every element of the consumer and trade interface, something that has become a trademark of our brand strategy over the years."