Greif, Inc. Announces Changes to Finance Management Team
September 19 2005 - 5:48PM
PR Newswire (US)
DELAWARE, Ohio, Sept. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Donald S. Huml,
chief financial officer of Greif, Inc. (NYSE: GEF; GEF.B), has
announced the reorganization of the company's Finance Department.
Currently Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Ken Andre
adds the Corporate Controller role as he continues in his position
as Vice President and CIO. Vice President and Corporate Controller
John Dieker will become Vice President and Treasurer. Vice
President and Treasurer Rob Zimmerman will be Vice President of
Corporate Business Development, leading growth and development
activities for the company. The transition will be fully
implemented by Jan. 1, 2006. After earning his bachelor's degree in
Accounting from the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind.,
Andre began his career as an audit and emerging business specialist
for Coopers and Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers). He joined Van
Leer Containers as staff accountant in the corporate accounting
department, moved to area controller in the Netherlands, then
filled progressively more responsible roles in information systems
for Van Leer, Huhtamaki Van Leer and Greif in Belgium before moving
to Greif's corporate offices in Delaware, Ohio. Dieker came to
Greif as internal auditor in 1992 from Price Waterhouse (now
PricewaterhouseCoopers) where he was a senior auditor. In 1995, he
was named controller. In the 10 years since, his work has grown
significantly as Greif grew from a $500 million company in North
America to the $2.2 billion global company it is today. Dieker
graduated from The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, with
majors in Accounting and Finance. Zimmerman joined Greif in 2001 as
global cash manager, and was promoted to his current position in
2003. Previously, he was the treasury manager at Mettler Toledo
International Inc. in Columbus, Ohio. A Certified Cash Manager,
Zimmerman has a bachelor's degree in Business
Administration/Systems from Taylor University, Upland, Ind., and an
MBA in Finance from the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio.
Greif, Inc. is the world leader in industrial packaging products
and services. The company provides extensive experience in steel,
plastic, fibre, corrugated and multiwall containers and protective
packaging for a wide range of industries. Greif also produces
containerboard and manages timber properties in North America. The
company is strategically positioned in more than 40 countries to
serve global as well as regional customers. Additional information
is on the company's Web site at http://www.greif.com/. DATASOURCE:
Greif, Inc. CONTACT: Deb Strohmaier, APR, Director, Communications
of Greif, Inc., +1-740-549-6074, or Web site: http://www.greif.com/
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