Jun 10, 2014. /Lesprom Network/. Weyerhaeuser Company names Fred Dzida as president of Weyerhaeuser Company Limited, the company's wholly owned Canadian subsidiary, effective June 16, 2014. Dzida will retain his role as vice president, Canadian Timberlands. Anne Giardini, Q.C., who has served as Weyerhaeuser's Canadian president since 2008, and previously as its General Counsel, will be stepping down from Weyerhaeuser later this year. Giardini will remain an officer and director of Weyerhaeuser Company Limited until that time, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.

"Fred brings tremendous experience, skill and leadership to his new role," said Doyle Simons, Weyerhaeuser president and CEO. "I wish to thank Anne for the significant contributions she has made to our success during her 20 years with Weyerhaeuser."

Weyerhaeuser Company, one of the world's largest private owners of timberlands, began operations in 1900.