Krispy Kreme Taps Longtime Mars Exec as CFO

Longtime Mars Wrigley North America executive Jeremiah Ashukian is joining Krispy Kreme as executive vice president and CFO, effective Jan. 9, the doughnut chain announced.

He will succeed Josh Charlesworth, who served as CFO since April 2017. Charlesworth will continue in his role as global president and COO.

Ashukian brings over 20 years of global executive finance experience from Mars, where he held various CFO roles in North America and Latin America. He held other finance positions earlier in his career, including finance director, demand planning, manufacturing finance, business planning and oversight to logistics and supply chain.

Krispy Kreme operates in over 30 countries, with more than 11,000 points of access.