Packaging business Sonoco (SON) reported that Jack Sanders has taken over as president and chief executive officer, succeeding Harris DeLoach Jr., who retired as chief executive after a 27-year career with the company. As already announced, DeLoach remains Sonoco's executive chairman of the board.
Sanders was elected a corporate officer and named vice president, Industrial Products, North America, in 2001. He was subsequently named vice president, Global Industrial Products, in January 2006 and assumed responsibility for all Industrial Converting businesses as senior vice president in July 2007.
Sanders, a graduate of Louisiana State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in finance, joined the company in 1988 as national sales and marketing manager for the Company's Reels business.
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