HF Foods Group Inc. announced that Cindy Yao has been named Chief Financial Officer, effective May 1, 2024. Ms. Yao joins HF Foods with over three decades of Finance and Accounting leadership experience. For the past 10 years, Ms. Yao served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President for Markel Food Group, a company providing high-quality, innovative automated process solutions, consulting services and technical support to food producers.

Prior to that, Ms. Yao served as Vice President and Corporate Treasurer for Bausch + Lomb Corporation, an eye health company with $3.8 billion in annual revenue from 2002 to 2013. Ms. Yao also served in various Finance and Accounting leadership roles with Corning Incorporated, East Kodak Company, and Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. (now part of PwC) prior to 2002. Ms. Yao graduated from University of Rochester with a Master of Business Administration, Virginia Polytechnic Institute with a Master of Accountancy, and East China Normal University with a Bachelor of Arts, English Language and Literature.

Ms. Yao will join the HF Foods executive leadership team and be based out of the Company?s headquarters in Las Vegas, Nevada.