Citrus company names new top financial officer

Citrus producer Alico has hired a longtime Hertz executive as its new CFO.

Fort Myers-based Alico appointed Perry Del Vecchio to the post, according to a statement. Del Vecchio will be responsible for all corporate finance, treasury and accounting functions of the company and will report directly to President and CEO John Kiernan.

Del Vecchio was most recently a vice president and for Lexyl Travel Technologies in West Palm Beach. He spent the majority of his career, 22 years, in financial management positions within the Hertz organization, moving with the company when it relocated its corporate headquarters from New Jersey to Lee County.