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Caribou names new SVP of Commercial Businesses
April 14, 2009
MINNEAPOLIS — Caribou Coffee Company Inc. has announced the addition of Henry J. "Hank" Suerth as senior vice president of Commercial Businesses. The creation of this role and the hiring of Suerth supports one of the company's stated strategic areas of focus: profitably growing the commercial business channel.
Suerth brings extensive commercial and consumer products experience, having been SVP of Business Alliances with Starbucks Coffee Co. In that role, Suerth was responsible for the performance of Starbucks Foodservice, Licensing and Consumer Products channels.
Suerth also has held roles as president and CEO of Infinity Systems, a global audio company; CEO of Recoton Corp.'s multi-brand home audio business as well as general management roles at Ethan Allen, the Cahners Exposition Group and FMC Corp. He also managed his own Connecticut-based management consulting company, Decision Resources, for six years.
Suerth has an MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration and a B.S. in Industrial Management from Purdue University.
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