Bentley Forbes Adds Two Execs

Randy Vida has joined the company as controller and VP of finance from his previous post at the Viking Office Products unit of Office Depot, while Ted Robinson has been named VP of finance and acquisitions, moving to Bentley Forbes from the Southern California-franchisee for Krispy Kreme Doughnuts. Both Vida and Robinson formerly served in positions in which they worked with Keith Bjelajac, the recently appointed EVP of Bentley Forbes who joined the company to implement a strategic growth plan in connection with its acquisitions goal.

C. Frederick Wehba II, president of the firm, points out that the $2.5 billion goal will represent more than a doubling of the firms current portfolio.

Vida has more than 15 years of finance experience, much of it in leading the audit departments of two Fortune 500 companies. He served as U.S. controller for Viking, a $600 million division of Office Depot. Before Viking, Vida served as controller and a senior finance executive with Merisel, a $4.5 billion dollar computer distributor. His career in finance began with an eight-year tenure at the accounting firm of Deloitte and Touche.

Robinson has more than 20 years of finance and real estate acquisition experience. He served as director of financial planning and analysis for Great Circle Family Foods LLC, the Southern California-franchisee for Krispy Kreme Doughnuts. Before Great Circle, he served four years as director of international financial planning for Office Depot. Robinson began his career serving more than 13 years with Worldwide Restaurant Concepts, an international restaurant company.