Yankee Candle Hires Gregory Hunt As CFO

Gregory W. Hunt will be joining The Yankee Candle Company, Inc as executive VP of Finance and CFO. Hunt is expected to join the company on April 2.

Hunt served as the executive VP of strategic and commercial development for Norwegian Cruise Lines from 2007 to 2009.

Before his stint at Norwegian Cruise Lines, he served as CFO and chief restructuring officer of CFO and co-chief executive of Syratech Corporation from 2001-2006.

Hunt has also held chief financial officer positions with NRT Inc., Culligan Water Technologies, Inc., and Samsonite Corporation. He started his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

“I am excited about the opportunity to contribute to the Company’s ongoing growth efforts and to continue its focus on accelerated debt pay down,