LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y.,
June 22, 2017 /PRNewswire/
-- The Hain Celestial Group, Inc., (Nasdaq: HAIN), a leading
organic and natural, better-for-you products company with
operations in North America,
Europe and India providing consumers with A Healthier Way
of Life™ today announced the appointment of James M. Langrock as Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer effective June
23, 2017. James succeeds Pasquale Conte ("Pat") who is leaving to pursue
other opportunities. Pat will work with James to facilitate
an orderly transition.
James joined Hain Celestial in November
2015 as Senior Vice President, Finance and Treasurer.
He has more than 25 years of experience in financial and executive
leadership positions, most recently as Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer of Monster Worldwide, Inc., a
multi-national global online recruiting solutions company where he
oversaw all financial operations of the company including
budgeting, cost savings initiatives, mergers and acquisitions and
divestitures from 2008 until joining Hain Celestial.
"James has been an important part of our finance team since
joining the Company, and more recently James has taken a leadership
position as we completed our accounting review and finalized our
audit. We are pleased James will continue to provide his
invaluable financial and operational expertise as we implement our
strategic initiatives to better position Hain Celestial for our
long-term success," said Irwin D.
Simon, Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of
Hain Celestial.
"I am pleased to have the opportunity to lead Hain Celestial's
finance team," said James Langrock,
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. "We
have a strong and focused team, dedicated to enhancing our
financial reporting and partnering with our various business
leaders to extend our market leading position as we continue to
execute on our strategic objectives."
"We thank Pat for all his contributions to Hain Celestial over
the past eight years from worldwide financial reporting to
strategic initiatives, including productivity, and we wish him well
in all his future endeavors," concluded Irwin Simon.
Previously, James served in senior finance positions at
Motorola, Inc., including Chief Financial Officer of Motorola's
Enterprise Mobility Division subsequent to Motorola's acquisition
of Symbol Technologies, Symbol Technologies, where he served as
Head of Internal Audit and Chief Accounting Officer, and Citibank,
N.A. as well as a Senior Manager at Arthur Andersen LLP.
James received a Master's degree in Business Administration from
Hofstra University and a Bachelor of
Business Administration degree from James
Madison University and is a Certified Public Accountant.
About The Hain Celestial Group, Inc.
The Hain Celestial Group (Nasdaq: HAIN), headquartered in
Lake Success, NY, is a leading
organic and natural products company with operations in
North America, Europe and India. Hain Celestial participates in many
natural categories with well-known brands that include Celestial
Seasonings®, Earth's Best®, Ella's
Kitchen®, Terra®, Garden of
Eatin'®, Sensible Portions®, Health
Valley®, Arrowhead Mills®,
MaraNatha®, SunSpire®, DeBoles®,
Casbah®, Rudi's Organic Bakery®, Hain Pure
Foods®, Spectrum®, Spectrum
Essentials®, Imagine®, Almond
Dream®, Rice Dream®, Soy Dream®,
WestSoy®, The Greek Gods®,
BluePrint®, FreeBird®, Plainville
Farms®, Empire®, Kosher Valley®,
Yves Veggie Cuisine®, Europe's Best®, Cully &
Sully®, New Covent Garden Soup Co.®,
Yorkshire Provender™, Johnson's Juice Co.®, Farmhouse
Fare®, Hartley's®, Sun-Pat®,
Gale's®, Robertson's®, Frank Cooper's®, Linda McCartney®, Lima®, Danival®,
Joya®, Natumi®, GG UniqueFiber®,
Tilda®, JASON®, Avalon Organics®,
Alba Botanica®, Live
Clean® and Queen
Helene®. Hain Celestial has been providing A
Healthier Way of Life™ since 1993. For more information, visit
www.hain.com.
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