Parmalat SpA (PLT.MI)investors named nine new candidates for the Italian food company's board of directors and said European Investment Bank board member Rainer Masera will probably be proposed for the position of chairman. In a statement Friday, the investors also said Massimo Rossi, a former Chief Executive of Swedish Match AB, is expected to be proposed as vice chairman and interim chief executive.

The group of long-term investors includes Scandinavian mutual fund company Skagen AS, Toronto-based mutual fund Mackenzie Financial Corp. and Swedish Zenit Asset Management AB.

Massimo Rossi has previously been seen as succeeding Enrico Bondi as chief executive, but the investors said that the option of the appointment of another CEO will be considered by the future Parmalat board members.

Other candidates include Turin-native Enrico Salza, currently a member of Italy's RCS Mediagroup's (RCS.MI) board of directors, and Peter Harf, who is chairman of Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD), the world's largest brewing company.

The board will be voted on at Parmalat's April 12 shareholders meeting.

-By Sofia Celeste, Dow Jones Newswires; +39 0669766923; sofia.celeste@dowjones.com
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