Ahold U.S.A., Inc. named Paul Scorza, a 30-year veteran of IBM, as its new chief information officer, effective April 1, 2013. Scorza, who will be based in the company's Quincy, Mass., offices, will oversee all Ahold USA information management functions, with a focus on the development and implementation of systems and business processes to improve efficiency, effectiveness, controls, and operations across the company. He will report to Paula Price, executive vice president of finance and chief financial officer. Scorza succeeds John Dettenwanger, who left Ahold USA in January after two and a half years as CIO, according to his LinkedIn profile. At IBM, Scorza has held several executive posts and most recently was worldwide sector leader for IBM Global Account Infrastructure.

Ahold U.S.A., Inc. announced that Jan van Dam has been appointed to the position of executive vice president of supply chain and e-commerce. In this role, van Dam will report directly to James McCann, chief operating officer, and will be transitioning into his new assignment in April. van Dam will focus on leading a supply chain organization that supports Ahold USA and its four divisions. In addition to supply chain, van Dam will also have responsibility for Ahold USA's e-commerce business, with Peapod president and general manager Andrew Parkinson reporting to him. McGowan Named EVP at Ahold With 17 years of experience at Ahold, van Dam most recently was president and chief executive officer of Albert/Hypernova, Ahold's supermarket business in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Prior to that, he served as general manager of Etos and he also held a number of leadership positions at Albert Heijn, Ahold's supermarket business in the Netherlands. Jan will add valuable retail expertise to Ahold USA's leadership team. Jan's responsibility over the e-commerce side of business will also enable to accelerate its expansion and maximize supply chain synergies across Ahold USA and Peapod.

Ahold U.S.A., Inc. announced that it has named Mark McGowan executive vice president of merchandising, effective immediately. McGowan had been executive vice president of supply chain at Ahold USA since last year, and has been leading the merchandising function on an interim basis. He reports to James McCann, chief operating officer. In his new position, McGowan will lead a merchandising team that supports Ahold USA and its four Divisions - Stop & Shop New England, Stop & Shop New York Metro, Giant-Landover and Giant-Carlisle. McGowan joined Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. in 1991 as a management trainee, and held several executive posts with Stop & Shop before being named president of Stop & Shop New England in 2009.