**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL – Eastern Quality Foods, a leading distributor and marketer of quality protein products, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dallas T. Perkins, MBA, CPA, as its new Senior Vice President of Finance.
Dallas brings over 15 years of extensive financial management experience to Eastern Quality Foods. He is a hands-on leader and trusted strategic adviser with a track record of expertise in financial reporting and analysis, banking credit lines, and structured financing. His expertise includes FP&A, M&A, business modeling and forecasting, technical accounting, corporate strategy, and change management.
Prior to joining Eastern Quality Foods, Dallas served as Principal at A111 Capital, a private investment firm focused on acquisitions of lower middle-market companies. Dallas played a key role in raising and deploying debt and equity capital to acquire multiple platform investment companies and strategic add-on investments.
Dallas also spent 15 years at PricewaterhouseCoopers in various positions and ascending to the role of director where he led PwC’s Florida Private Company Services efforts to expand the firm’s presence in Northeast Florida.
“We are thrilled to welcome Dallas to our management team,” said Ted Rueger, CEO of Eastern Quality Foods. “His proven track record of financial leadership and strategic thinking will be instrumental in helping our team achieve our financial growth and supporting our company’s strategic objectives.”
Dallas holds an MBA from Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Brigham Young University.