Talbots names new chairman

HINGHAM, Mass. Talbots announced that the company’s board of directors has named Gary Pfeiffer chairman of the board.

Trudy Sullivan, Talbots president and CEO commented, “Aeon’s longstanding involvement with Talbots as majority shareholder has recently expanded and Aeon is now also a major creditor of the company. The board has, in keeping with good corporate governance, named an independent director as its chair.”