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Brian Kocher is vice president, controller and chief accounting officer of Chiquita Brands International, Inc., where he maintains global responsibilities for financial reporting, internal controls, accounting and financial policies as well as managing an offshore transaction processing center of excellence in Costa Rica. He assumed this role in April 2005.
Prior to joining Chiquita, Kocher worked for three years at Hill-Rom, a leading provider of medical equipment and integrated caregiver solutions. He held a variety of positions at Hill-Rom, most recently as vice president of sales service as well as vice president of national accounts and executive director of commercial finance, which provided financial leadership for the company’s global sales and service team.
Before joining Hill-Rom, Kocher served for three years in a number of positions of increasing responsibility with General Electric Co., including vice president and global controller for GE Capital Global Consumer Finance, vice president of finance for GE Capital International Financial Holding Co. and global controller at GE Capital Information Technology Systems. He has also served as a vice president of finance and administration at CONXUS Communications, Inc., a nationwide voice messaging provider. He started his career as an auditor at Price Waterhouse.
Kocher has served as a member of the board of directors of several banking institutions in the United Kingdom and France as well as the Health Industry Group Purchasing Association, which is a leading medical industry trade association.
Kocher earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Ohio University and is a certified public accountant. | 