Sysco Appoints Jackie Ward As Non-executive Chairman - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Sysco Corp. (SYY) said Monday that it has appointed Jackie Ward as its non-executive chairman of its the Board of Directors, succeeding Manny Fernandez, who retired from the board on November 15, 2013. Fernandez had served on Sysco's board since November 2006.

Ms. Ward, a Sysco director since September 2001, will be the seventh chairman in Sysco's 44-year history. She was the board's lead director, chaired the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, and served on the Compensation Committee and the Executive Committee.

Ward is the former chairman, president and chief executive officer of Computer Generation Incorporated She currently is a director on the boards of Flower Foods, Inc. and Sanmina-SCI Corporation. Previously, she was a director of Bank of America Corporation, Equifax Inc. and WellPoint, Inc.