The Hain Celestial Group has appointed James M. Langrock as the executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective today.  Hain Celestial is the parent company of poultry company Hain Pure Protein and a stakeholder in Empire Kosher Poultry.

Langrock succeeds Pasquale “Pat” Conte, who is leaving to pursue other opportunities.  Conte will work with Langrock to facilitate an orderly transition. Conte has been with Hain Celestial for eight years.

Langrock joined Hain Celestial in November 2015 as senior vice president, finance, and treasurer.  He has more than 25 years of experience in financial and executive leadership positions, most recently as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Monster Worldwide, a multi-national global online recruiting solutions company where he oversaw all financial operations of the company including budgeting, cost savings initiatives, mergers and acquisitions and divestitures from 2008 until joining Hain Celestial.

Previously, Langrock served in senior finance positions at Motorola, including chief financial officer of Motorola’s Enterprise Mobility Division subsequent to Motorola’s acquisition of Symbol Technologies, Symbol Technologies, where he served as head of internal audit and chief accounting officer, and Citibank, N.A. as well as a senior manager at Arthur Andersen LLP.