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People on the move: new leadership for High Liner Foods and more

Rod Hepponstall appointed as new High Liner Foods president and CEO.

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High Liner Foods Incorporated has appointed Rod Hepponstall as president and CEO, effective May 1. In his 25 years of working in the food industry in the United States and Canada, Hepponstall has held positions at ConAgra Foods, Inc. and Maple Leaf Foods, and most recently served as senior vice president, general manager retail and foodservice business units at Lamb-Weston Inc. He has also been appointed to the company's board of directors.

Henry Demone, current chairman and CEO of High Liner Foods, will continue as chairman of the board of directors. 

 

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