08.22.13
Organic and natural products company The Hain Celestial Group, Inc., Lake Success, NY, has hired Stephen J. Smith as executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective September 3, 2013. The planned retirement of Ira J. Lamel as chief financial officer, effective August 31, 2013, was previously announced on September 5, 2012.
Mr. Smith brings more than 30 years of financial leadership to Hain Celestial, having most recently been executive vice president and chief financial officer of Elizabeth Arden, Inc. since 2001, where he served as an accomplished executive with extensive global financial, operational and business management experience. Prior to joining Elizabeth Arden, he was a Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and its predecessor, Coopers & Lybrand LLP, where his clients included a number of consumer products companies.
Mr. Smith brings more than 30 years of financial leadership to Hain Celestial, having most recently been executive vice president and chief financial officer of Elizabeth Arden, Inc. since 2001, where he served as an accomplished executive with extensive global financial, operational and business management experience. Prior to joining Elizabeth Arden, he was a Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and its predecessor, Coopers & Lybrand LLP, where his clients included a number of consumer products companies.