Rolston Retires, Deacon Moves Up At Hatco

(From left) Lorne Deacon and David Rolston. Submitted.

Hatco Corp. announced the retirement of David Rolston, effective April 5, and the promotion of Lorne Deacon. 

After 30 years at Hatco and nearly 20 years as president and CEO, Rolston passed the president reins to Deacon in June of 2022. Rolston will retire from the CEO position and will remain on Hatco’s board of directors, and Deacon will be promoted to president and CEO.

Deacon joined Hatco in 2018 as Director of Global Marketing & Product Development. He was promoted to Vice President of Global Marketing in 2019, vice president in 2021 and president in 2022.