After 28 years of service, Jim Kratochvil, chief financial officer of Berry Plastics Group Inc., plans to retire effective January 2, 2014. The company has elected Mark Miles, who currently serves as executive vice president, Controller and Treasurer, to replace Kratochvil as CFO.
“On behalf of the Board of Directors and the entire Berry Plastics team, I want to thank Jim for his outstanding and dedicated service to the company,” said Jon Rich, chairman and CEO. “As our head of finance since 1985, Jim helped lead the growth of our company from $20 million in revenue to our $4.8 billion in fiscal 2012. I will personally miss the advice and counsel he has provided to me during the past three years, and I wish him and his family the best as they begin their well-deserved retirement journey.