Farmer Bros. Co.
FARM today announced that Mark J. Nelson will join the Company
effective April 15, 2013 as Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer, reporting
to Mike Keown, the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer.
Mr. Nelson, 44, brings to Farmer Bros. a broad range of experience leading a
global team of financial controllers and managers in the areas of strategic
planning, mergers and acquisitions, financial systems and process integration,
international banking, and financial hedging. Since 2010, he has been serving
as Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of
Newport Corporation, a global supplier of advanced technology products and
systems, located in Irvine, California.
From 2004 to 2010, Mr. Nelson held various senior financial roles at Newport
Corporation as Vice President and Controller, Vice President and General
Manager of its Optical Components division and Finance Director of its
Photonics division. Prior to Newport Corporation, he held the positions of
Finance Director in Thermo Electron Corporation, Cost and Budget Manager at
C.R. Bard, Inc., co-owner and Chief Financial Officer of Western Energy
Services, Inc. and Financial Management Program Trainee with the General
Electric Company. Mr. Nelson earned his MBA in Entrepreneurship and Finance
from Babson College, Wellesley, Massachusetts and his BA in Finance from the
University of Massachusetts.
"We are delighted to welcome Mark to the Farmer Bros. leadership team. He
joins us at an exciting time in our growth, bringing his invaluable leadership
skills, experience and enthusiasm to lead our finance organization," said Mr.
Keown.
Jeffrey A. Wahba, the Company's Interim Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer,
will assist with the executive transition.
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