Berry Plastics CFO Jim Kratochvil Retiring; Mark Miles Named Successor

(RTTNews) - Berry Plastics Group, Inc. (BERY) said Monday that its Chief Financial Officer, Jim Kratochvil, has decided to retire effective January 2, 2014, after 28 years of dedicated service to the company.

The company said it has elected Mark Miles, who currently serves as Executive Vice President, Controller and Treasurer, to replace Kratochvil as Chief Financial Officer. "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, Berry Plastics' 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."

Miles joined Berry Plastics more than 15 years ago as Corporate Controller. Prior to joining the company, Miles was an Audit Manager for Ernst & Young and a Controller at USA Group, both in Indianapolis.