Baxter Sysco appoints Joel Grade CFO

Baxter International (BAX) announced it has appointed Joel Grade as executive vice president and chief financial officer CFO reporting to Baxter chairman, president and CEO, Jose E. Almeida, effective Oct. 18. At that time, Brian Stevens, who has served as the company’s interim CFO since May 31, 2023, will transition to his prior role as senior vice president, chief accounting officer and controller. “Joel is a seasoned global financial executive with decades of deep operational and broad business experience as well as a proven record of results-driven impact,” said Mr. Almeida. .. Grade, 53, joins following a distinguished 25-year career with Sysco (SYYY), the world’s global foodservice leader with fiscal-year 2023 sales of more than $76B. Mr. Grade brings deep experience from various financial, commercial and executive leadership roles. He most recently served as Sysco’s executive vice president, corporate development, and previously held the roles of executive vice president and CFO as well as senior vice president of finance and chief accounting officer, and senior vice president of foodservice operations.