Gault named CEO of Americold

   Americold said Monday that Jeffrey M. Gault has been appointed by the board of trustees as president and chief executive officer, effective immediately.
   He succeeds Jos Opdeweegh, who has resigned for personal reasons.
   Gault, a director of the company is an architect and environmental planner who has held senior executive positions at H.F. Ahmanson & Co, Home Savings of America, Sun America and KB Homes. He has been a managing partner of joint ventures with affiliates of Whitehall Funds/Goldman Sachs and Northstar Realty Finance.
   Americold owns and operates 182 temperature-controlled warehouses, with over 1.1 billion cubic feet of storage, in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, China, Argentina and Canada. It serves more than 3,000 customers, and employs 12,000 staff worldwide.