Foodservice distributor Sysco Corp. (NYSE: SYY), Houston, TX, has named Joel Grade as executive vice president and CFO, effective Sept. 1, succeeding Chris Kreidler, who will stay on through the end of December as an adviser to the company.

Grade, who joined Sysco in 1996, has served as senior vice president of finance and chief accounting officer since early 2014 with responsibility for field finance, commercial finance, financial planning and analysis, financial reporting and shared services accounting.