CJ CheilJedang (CJCJ) CEO Sinho Kang reported that Dimitrios Smyrnios, CEO of Schwan's Company, will now serve as executive chairman of CJCJ Food, Americas. the executive chairman of CJCJ Food, Americas, Smyrnios will hold the role of chairman of the board of CJ Foods USA Inc. and will continue in his leadership role as CEO of Schwan's. CJCJ acquired Schwan's and several of its subsidiaries in February 2019. In his new leadership role, Smyrnios will provide strategic and operational oversight of CJCJ's food businesses in the Americas, including U.S.-based affiliates Schwan's Company and CJ Foods USA. Together, Schwan's and CJ Foods are driving pizza, Asian food and desserts category growth for customers across the retail and food service marketplace. In his role leading CJ CheilJedang's food businesses in the Americas, Smyrnios will focus on aligning the people and operations of Schwan's (based in Minnesota) and CJ Foods USA (based in California) to better serve its retail and foodservice customers and advance CJCJ's global growth objectives.