MGP Ingredients names CFO

Aug 30 (Reuters) - Food ingredients and distillery products maker MGP Ingredients Inc (MGPI.O) said it named Robert Zonneveld chief financial officer, effective Sept. 17.

Zonneveld will succeed Brian Cahill, who will take up the newly created post of executive vice president of the company's distillery products business segment, also effective Sept. 17, MGP said in a statement.

The company said Zonneveld was employed by Standard Commercial Corp, a leaf tobacco merchandising and processing company, from 1995 to 2005. (Reporting by Deepti Chaudhary in Bangalore)