Britannica Names Maria Fiore Chief Financial Officer; International Finance Executive Joins Educational Publisher
Chicago, Ill. (PRWEB) December 03, 2015 -- Encyclopaedia Britannica®, Inc., today announced that it has appointed Maria Fiore chief financial officer.
Fiore is an international finance executive with more than twenty-five years of experience with multinational public and privately held companies. A native of Italy who grew up in South Africa, Fiore began her career with Deloitte & Touche in Pretoria. Most recently she was CFO, vice president, global strategic and financial planning, with NCH Marketing Services, Inc., in Deerfield, Ill., where she was responsible, along with the CEO, for all strategy, financial planning and tactical execution of key initiatives.
Before that, she was corporate treasurer and risk manager with Valassis Communications, Inc., of Livonia, Mich. She held previous positions with Teksid Aluminum North America and Ford Motor Company.
Fiore is a graduate of the University of South Africa.
“Britannica’s businesses today are more complex than they have ever been in our 247-year history, and it takes a highly skilled financial executive with extensive international experience with a range of business models to steer them all,” said Jorge Cauz, president of Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. “With Maria we are fortunate to have found the person who can manage all of these mission-critical tasks superbly.”
About Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. is a global leader in education publishing whose products are available in many media, including online and mobile devices. A pioneer in digital publishing since the early 1980s, the company markets a variety of curriculum products for schools, language-study courses, online learning services, encyclopedias and other reference works and language products through its Merriam-Webster subsidiary. The company is headquartered in Chicago.
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Tom Panelas, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., http://info.eb.com, +1 (312) 347-7309, [email protected]
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