Flowers Foods names new CFO

Flowers Foods names new CFO

Flowers Foods Inc. Chief Financial Officer Jimmy M. Woodward is stepping down Sept. 15 due to "family reasons," the Thomasville, Ga., baked goods company reported Monday.

Woodward, who was CFO since 2000, will still advise the company on financial and related matters.

Flowers Foods (NYSE: FLO) also named Corporate Controller R. Steve Kinsey as the new CFO.

Kinsey joined Flowers in 1989 as a tax associate. He was promoted to tax manager in 1994, named director of tax in 1998, and has served as controller since 2002. In 2003, Kinsey was promoted to vice president and corporate controller.