Diamond Foods, Inc.
DMND today announced it has appointed Nigel Rees, a senior
financial executive with McKesson Corporation, and Alison Davis, an
accomplished corporate executive with decades of global financial and
operating expertise, to its Board of Directors. Both executives will be
joining the Board's Audit Committee. In addition, Michael J. Mendes and
Steven M. Neil resigned from Diamond's Board of Directors effective March 7,
2012.
"We are thrilled to have Nigel Rees and Alison Davis join the Diamond Foods
Board of Directors," said Robert J. Zollars, Diamond Foods' Chairman. "Nigel
and Alison's business knowledge, diversified experience and leadership of
audit and financial functions will provide a depth of expertise invaluable
to the Diamond Foods Board."
Nigel Rees serves as Vice President and Controller of McKesson Corporation,
a $112 billion publicly traded health care services and technology company.
Prior to joining McKesson, Mr. Rees was Senior Vice President of Finance at
Adecco, SA, an $18 billion global staffing and professional services
company. His career experience also has included serving as Chief Financial
Officer for a publicly traded software company and for a closely held
regional distribution company and managing the internal audit function for a
major, publicly traded computer manufacturing company. Mr. Rees is a CPA and
began his career in public accounting with Deloitte and Touche LLP. He holds
a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Washington and a
Bachelor of Arts from Whitman College.
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