SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Jan. 8, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Core-Mark Holding Company, Inc. (Nasdaq:CORE), announced today that Christopher Miller has been named Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, effective immediately.
Mr. Miller joins Core-Mark from Cost Plus World Market where he served as the Vice President and Controller since 2002. Before his role at Cost Plus, Mr. Miller has worked in various financial roles for companies in the San Francisco Bay Area including Echo Outsourcing and Levi Strauss & Company. He is a certified public accountant with fifteen years of experience in the wholesale and retail industry. "We are very excited that Chris has joined our team to complement the financial management group and to deepen our technical team. We believe his experience and skills are an excellent fit for our needs and our culture," said Stacy Loretz-Congdon, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
About Core-Mark
Core-Mark is one of the largest broad-line, full-service wholesale distributors of packaged consumer products to the convenience retail industry in North America. Founded in 1888, Core-Mark provides distribution and logistics services as well as marketing programs to over 22,000 retail locations in 45 states and five Canadian provinces through 24 distribution centers, two of which Core-Mark operate as third party logistics providers. Core-Mark services traditional convenience retailers, grocers, drug, liquor and specialty stores, and other stores that carry consumer packaged goods. For more information, please visit www.core-mark.com
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