Hotard Becomes President of Electro Freeze

Published on Monday, February 06, 2012

Written by The Editors

The longtime member of the foodservice equipment industry transitions to his new role from Beverge-Air.

Tom Hotard was named president of H.C. Duke & Son, LLC, better known as Electro Freeze.

Hotard transitions from his role as executive vice president at Beverage-Air. Both Beverage-Air and Electro Freeze are divisions of the Ali Group.

In his new position as president, Hotard is responsible for the day-to-day management of Electro Freeze. In addition to his career with Beverage-Air, Hotard's foodservice equipment background includes serving as president of Merrychef USA, then a division of the Enodis Corporation; working at Southbend, a part of the Middleby Company; and Foodservice Equipment Engineering, LLC.