$3.6 billion Chiquita Brands International, a marketer and distributor of food products, has appointed Lori Ritchey as vice president, controller, and chief accounting officer. Ritchey will report to Jeffrey Zalla, Chiquita’s senior vice president and chief financial officer.

She assumes the duties from Brian Donnan, who is retiring after ten years with the company.

Ritchey joined Chiquita in 2008 as vice president of internal audit. Prior to joining Chiquita, Ritchey was with MeadWestvaco Corp., a $7 billion global provider of packaging solutions for consumer products, where she served as head of internal audit and earlier, as manager of external reporting. Her prior experience includes seven years at Deloitte, most recently as audit manager, and three years with Ethicon Endo Surgery, a division of Johnson & Johnson, in financial analysis.