Kraft Heinz names new CFO as Knopf departs

[August 26, 2019]  (Reuters) - Kraft Heinz Co <KHC.O> on Monday named Paulo Basilio as chief financial officer in place of David Knopf, who will return to Brazilian private equity firm 3G Capital as a partner.

Shareholders shop for discounted products at the Kraft Heinz booth at the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S., May 4, 2019. REUTERS/Scott Morgan

Basilio is currently the chief business planning and development officer for the packaged food company and will take over from Sept. 1. (https://bit.ly/2ZdS45M)

(Reporting by Aishwarya Venugopal in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun Koyyur)

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