US food company H.J. Heinz has announced that Neil Harrison, executive vice president, and president and CEO of Heinz North America, has decided to leave the company to pursue other interests. 

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Harrison had been with Heinz since 1997, leading its US frozen foods businesses and more recently as head of the North American region.


Heinz, whose brands include Heinz Ketchup, Ore-Ida french fries and Boston Market and Smart Ones meals, did not say who would succeed Harrison as head of Heinz North America.

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