Richards Packaging Income Fund Announces Election of Susan Allen to the Fund's Board of Trustees
February 09, 2017 at 01:51 pm
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Richards Packaging Income Fund has announced the election of Susan Allen to the Fund's Board of Trustees. Ms. Allen is a recently retired PwC Assurance partner with over 30 years' experience which spans a number of industries, namely consumer and industrial products in both Canada and the US. She was the first woman in PwC elected to sit on PwC's Global Partnership Board and was a member of PwC's Global Steering Committee and Emerging Company Practice Leader for PwC Canada where she founded and chaired PwC Canada's annual Vision to Reality conference for CEO's. Ms. Allen has been recognized with the Women's Executive Network "Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada" award. She is currently a Board member and Audit Committee Chair for a large privately held North American promotional marketing company and a Director on the Mississauga Arts Council, Living Arts Centre and National Ballet of Canada.
Richards Packaging Income Fund (the Fund) is a Canada-based company. The Fund owns Richards Packaging Inc. (Richards Packaging), which serves a range of customer bases throughout North America comprised of approximately 17,000 regional food, beverage, cosmetics, healthcare, and other enterprises. Richards Packaging specializes in the design, manufacture, and distribution of packaging solutions in both glass and plastic containers and closures for a variety of markets. It is engaged in the distribution of approximately 8,000 different types of packaging components and healthcare products that are sourced from over 900 suppliers and three manufacturing facilities. It sources products from glass and plastic companies both in raw materials and in finished goods. Richards Packaging services include global sourcing, inventory management, manufacturing, and packaging 101.