Hershey Names Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Bert Alfonso, vice president, finance and planning, North American Commercial Group, is named senior vice president, chief financial officer for The Hershey Company, effective immediately. Alfonso joined Hershey in July 2006 as vice president, finance and planning, U.S. Commercial Group from Cadbury Schweppes, where he was executive vice president finance, chief financial officer, Americas Beverages. He led all finance and information technology functions for the United States , Canada , Mexico and the Caribbean region. "Bert's nearly 25 years of financial leadership and his record of accomplishment made him the clear choice after an extensive internal and external search," says The Hershey Company Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Richard H. Lenny.