FINDING A CHIEF AUDIT EXECUTIVE
The formation of The Schwan Food Company’s IAD began when, after conducting a
regional and national search through a recruiting firm, the management team hired G. Randolph Just
as the Chief Audit Executive (CAE) who brought with him extensive Big Four public accounting
and internal auditing experience.
Coincidentally, Mr. Just grew up on a farm only 24 miles north of The Schwan Food
Company’s headquarters in Minnesota, although he had no formal relationship with the company
until his hiring. The well-known yellow delivery truck came to his farmhouse every week. “It was
a great event for a kid on a farm to have this truck pull up full of pizza and ice cream. It was a
wonderful thing!” he says. “I remember, as a young boy, having a toy truck and making roads
around the farmyard, pretending that I was a Schwan route driver making stops throughout the
countryside. I even drew a duckling on the Schwan truck! I always admired the company. So when
the opportunity arose to join Schwan, I eagerly accepted.”