High Liner Foods taps Darryl Bergman as its new CFO

High Liner Foods Inc. has appointed Darryl Bergman as its chief financial officer.

Bergman joins the company from Clearwater Seafoods, where he served as CFO.

He steps into the role on July 22. 

The executive previously held the title of CFO for Exchange Income Corporation. Before that, he held key senior finance roles at Northland Power Inc. 

Deepak Bhandari has served as High Liner’s interim CFO since January. Bhandari, VP of FP&A and strategy, adds SVP of strategy and corporate development to his responsibilities.

"We are very pleased to welcome Darryl to High Liner Foods. Darryl brings decades of global financial experience to the team, including as a public company CFO, which will be invaluable to us as we continue to execute on our strategy and pursue our purpose of Reimaging Seafood to Nourish Life," said Paul Jewer, president and CEO of High Liner Foods, in a release. "Darryl's deep experience across all areas of the finance function, as well as in seafood and food manufacturing, will serve us very well as we continue to implement our ambitious growth agenda."