Canadian food group Maple Leaf Foods has appointed a chairman for its board of direction.
Purdy Crawford was promoted to non-executive chairman of the board on 22 June. He will replace the company’s long-serving chairman Wallace McCain who passed away last month, the firm said yesterday (29 June).
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Crawford was previously vice chairman and lead director of the board. He will retire from the board by the company’s next annual meeting in April 2012, but will serve as chairman until the annual meeting or such earlier time as determined by the board.
Meanwhile, Maple Leaf’s board has appointed a committee of four independent directors with Dr Chaviva Hošek as chair, to review and make recommendations to the full board on the position of chairman on an ongoing basis.
