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Lassonde Industries Inc. Announces Changes to its Board of Directors
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nLassonde Industries Inc. Announces Changes to its Board of Directors\n\n/* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCanada NewsWire\nROUGEMONT, QC, May 17, 2019\n\n\n\nROUGEMONT, QC, May 17, 2019 /CNW Telbec/ - Lassonde Industries Inc. (TSX: LAS.A) (\"Lassonde\") is pleased to announce that Pierre Lessard has been appointed to its Board of Directors.\n\n \n \n\n \nAs a chartered professional accountant (CPA) and corporate director who has worked in strategic planning, human resources management and organizational transformation, Mr. Lessard has considerable experience to bring to Lassonde. \nMr. Lessard holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR) and a Master of Business Administration from HEC Montréal. He acquired the chartered accountant (now CPA) designation in 1978 and the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors in 2016. \nMr. Lessard was a partner in the Tax Services group of PwC Canada's Montréal office, where he worked for over 40 years. During that time, he held a number of tax group management positions at the provincial and national levels. \nMoreover, after 14 years of service to senior management at Lassonde, Luc Provencher chose not to serve another term on Lassonde's Board of Directors. He was a member of the human resources and compensation committee and the corporate governance and nomination committee. His fellow directors, Mr. Pierre-Paul Lassonde and the Lassonde family would like to thank him for his long and dedicated service and wish him a good retirement.\nAbout Lassonde\nLassonde Industries Inc. is a North American leader in the development, manufacture and sale of a wide range of ready-to-drink fruit and vegetable juices and drinks marketed under brands such as Apple & Eve, Everfresh, Fairlee, Fruité, Graves, Oasis and Rougemont.\nLassonde is also one of the two largest producers of store brand shelf-stable fruit juices and drinks in the United States and a major producer of cranberry sauces.\nIn 2018, ...