PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 6, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc.
(NYSE: CCK) announced that Gerard H.
Gifford, 61, has been appointed Executive Vice President and
Chief Operating Officer effective April
1, 2017. In this new role, Mr. Gifford will continue
to report to Timothy J. Donahue,
President and Chief Executive Officer, and will be responsible for
the Americas and European Divisions. Mr. Gifford will also
assume responsibility for CMB Engineering, which is the Company's
can manufacturing equipment business, and corporate project
management and engineering.
Currently, Mr. Gifford serves as President CROWN Europe.
On April 1, 2017, Didier Sourisseau, 51, who is currently Senior
Vice President Food Europe, will be promoted to President CROWN
Europe.
Mr. Gifford has more than thirty-five years of experience with
the Company in increasingly responsible roles. Prior to his
current position in Europe, he led
CROWN Beverage Packaging North America for four years. During
his time in Europe, Mr. Gifford
led the Division through a significant transformation which
included the acquisition and successful integration of Mivisa, the
creation of a pan-European management structure, the right-sizing
of the manufacturing footprint and the divestiture of the
industrial portion of the specialty packaging business. Mr.
Gifford holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical and
Industrial Engineering from Clarkson
University and has completed the Advanced Management Program
at Harvard University's School of
Business.
Commenting on Mr. Gifford's appointment, Mr. Donahue said,
"Jerry's extensive operational and global experience and deep
knowledge of the Company and the industry make him ideally suited
to assume this important role."
Mr. Sourisseau has been with the Company for more than
twenty-five years and has been President Food Europe since
2010. Prior to that, he was Vice President CROWN Specialty
Packaging Europe. Mr. Sourisseau holds a degree in Economics
from the University of Bordeaux
and an MBA in Marketing and International Management from the EDC,
Paris.
Mr. Gifford commented, "Didier has successfully led our
important European Food business through a period of strategic
transformation, improving profitability despite significant
currency headwinds and other challenges. I have full
confidence in Didier's ability to lead CROWN Europe."
About Crown Holdings, Inc.
Crown Holdings, Inc.,
through its subsidiaries, is a leading supplier of packaging
products to consumer marketing companies around the world.
World headquarters are located in Philadelphia, PA. For more information,
visit www.crowncork.com.
For more information, contact:
Thomas A. Kelly, Senior Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer (215) 698-5341
Thomas T. Fischer, Vice President
Investor Relations and Corporate Affairs (215) 552-3720
Ed Bisno, Bisno Communications (212)
717-7578
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