Bruce Clarke has been hired as senior vice president and chief financlal officer of ML Macadamia Orchards LP.

Clarke, previously CFO of a food manufacturing company and controller for Abraxis BioScience Inc., began his new position Monday. He is 61.

Clarke attained a Bachelors of Science degree in Accounting and Business Administration from the University of Kansas, and is working from the Hilo Corporate offices.

ML Macadamia Orchards is the world’s largest grower of macadamia nuts and owns or leases 5,070 acres of orchards on Hawaii island.