Diamond Foods Names New Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Communications

SAN FRANCISCO--(Business Wire)--
Diamond Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ: DMND) announced that effective today, Linda Segre
has been appointed to the newly created position of Senior Vice President,
Corporate Strategy and Communications.

Ms. Segre brings more than twenty years of senior executive and management
consulting experience to Diamond Foods. She most recently served as a Managing
Director at Google.org, the corporate philanthropy organization of Google Inc.
(NASDAQ: GOOG), where she oversaw the climate change and global development
initiatives and managed all operational aspects of the organization. Prior to
that, she was a Vice President, Officer and Director at The Boston Consulting
Group, a global management consulting firm, where she focused on clients in the
consumer goods and financial services sectors, and she served as the Managing
Director of the San Francisco office from February 2001 until September 2005.

She first joined The Boston Consulting Group in 1987 and worked in a number of
roles with increasing responsibilities until she became a Vice President in May
1995. From 1981 until 1985, Ms. Segre was a touring golf professional in the
United States, Europe and Asia. Ms. Segre holds a B.A. from Stanford University
and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

In this role, Ms. Segre will report to Steven M. Neil, Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial and Administrative Officer. "Linda`s broad management
experience and strategic orientation makes her a natural fit for this role,
which will encompass corporate communications, investor relations, business
development and strategic planning," said Mr. Neil. "Given our long-term growth
plans, now is the right time to bring in someone with Linda`s capabilities."

"We are very pleased to welcome Linda Segre to the Diamond Foods leadership
team," said Michael J. Mendes, President and CEO. "Linda brings a robust skill
set that augments and complements our current executive team. Her work ethic,
passion for driving growth and continuous improvement within organizations makes
her an ideal fit with Diamond`s management culture."

About Diamond

Diamond is a leading branded food company specializing in processing, marketing
and distributing culinary nuts and snack products under the Diamond, Emerald and
Pop Secret brands.

Corporate Web Site: www.diamondfoods.com

Consumer Web Sites: www.emeraldnuts.com, www.diamondnuts.com, and
www.popsecret.com

Diamond Foods, Inc.
Andrew Burke, 415-445-7429 (Media)
SVP, Marketing
aburke@diamondfoods.com
or
Bob Philipps, 415-445-7426 (Investors)
VP, Treasury & Investor Relations
bphilipps@diamondfoods.com

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