Pyxus International, Inc. Announces Executive Changes, Effective December 1, 2018
November 20, 2018 at 09:31 pm
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On November 15, 2018, the Board of Directors of Pyxus International announced the appointment of Philip C. Garofolo as the company's Vice President-Controller and the company's principal accounting officer; and the reassignment of Todd B. Compton, who currently serves as the company's Vice President-Controller and the company's principal accounting officer, to instead serve as Chief Financial Officer of Alliance One International, LLC, the company's primary tobacco subsidiary. These changes will become effective on December 1, 2018. Mr. Garofolo has served as the company's Director of Financial Reporting and Technical Accounting since joining the company in February 2017. Immediately prior to joining the company, Mr. Garofolo served as Director of Financial Reporting for PowerTeam Services, LLC.
Pyxus International, Inc. is an agricultural company. The Company is a provider of sustainable and traceable products and ingredients. The Company operates through its Leaf segment. Its core business includes tobacco leaf merchant business, purchasing, processing, packing, storing and shipping tobacco to manufacturers of cigarettes and other consumer tobacco products around the world. Its leaf tobacco operations deal primarily in flue-cured, burley, and oriental tobaccos that are used in international cigarette brands. It processes tobacco in Company-owned and third-party facilities around the world, including in Argentina, Brazil, China, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Macedonia, Malawi, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, United States, and Zimbabwe. Throughout the entire production process, from seed through processing and final shipment, its SENTRI traceability platform provides clear visibility into how products are produced throughout the supply chain, supporting product integrity.