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David J. West age 44 was elected President of The Hershey Company effective October 2 2007 and will assume the position of Chief Executive Officer effective December 1 2007. From January 2007 until October 2007 he was elected Executive Vice President Chief Operating Officer. From January 2005 to January 2007 he was Senior Vice President Chief Financial Officer and he continued to hold the position of Chief Financial Officer until July 2007 when his successor to that position was elected. He was Senior Vice President Chief Customer Officer from June 2004 to January 2005 and was Senior Vice President Sales from December 2002 to June 2004. From June 2002 to December 2002 he was Senior Vice President Business Planning and Development. He was elected a Hershey director effective October 2 2007. | 