Maple Leaf Foods has announced the appointment of Stephen Graham to the new position of Chief Marketing Officer, effective January 11, 2010.

In this capacity, Graham will be responsible for providing executive leadership for marketing programmes across Maple Leaf Foods, including the building of strong brands and innovation strategies that will help drive the company's growth as a leader in consumer packaged foods.

Graham is an experienced marketing executive who began his career at Procter & Gamble. He has also held executive marketing positions at Rogers, CIBC and AT&T in the US.

Maple Leaf Foods Inc. is a leading food processing company, headquartered in Toronto, Canada. The Company employs approximately 24,000 people at its operations across Canada and in the US, the UK, and Asia.