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This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
David Gibbons is president, CEO effective May 1, company announces April 20. Gibbons, 56, has experience in consumer products and international management gleaned during two years as president of Rubbermaid Europe, two years as president of Rubbermaid Home Products and 27 years at 3M. The appointment should bring some continuity to the private labeler's upper management after an extended period of interim leadership. Gibbons succeeds Chairman Michael Jandernoa, who has served as CEO since 1986 and interim president since last November. Jandernoa took on the president role after Richard Hansen retired for a second time; Hansen had temporarily reassumed the position - a role he initially held from 1991 to 1995 - to help the firm implement its new software (1"The Tan Sheet" Nov. 15, 1999, p. 13)