Fischer to Succeed Gasser as Greif CEO

David B. Fischer, president of Greif Inc., Delaware, Ohio, USA, will add the title of CEO at the start of the company's 2012 fiscal year, November 1. Current Chairman and CEO Michael J. Gasser will continue in his role as executive chairman.

Fischer was named president and COO of Greif in October 2007. He joined Greif as SVP and divisional president, Industrial Packaging & Services – Americas in November 2004, and later assumed responsibility for additional IP&S operations in Asia, Australia, and Africa.

Gasser has been chairman and CEO since June 1994. He joined Greif in 1979 as internal auditor at the company's headquarters. He became controller in 1981, a member of the finance committee in 1987, VP of finance in 1988, and a member of the board of directors in 1991.

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