Cargill executive team members take on new roles to implement what the company calls ‘strategic growth initiatives.'
Ruth Kimmelshue [pictured] is set to lead Cargill’s animal nutrition and health division, from April 1, after five years leading global business operations and supply chains.
She has been a member of the executive team since 2015, and previously held leadership roles in the protein and agricultural supply chain businesses. She was also Cargill's first chief sustainability officer.
David Webster, who most recently led the company’s animal nutrition and health business, will take over as head of the food ingredients and bioindustrial division of Cargill. Webster joined the company’s executive team in 2019. Currently based in the US, he is set to relocate to the Netherlands in 2022.
Meanwhile, Pilar Cruz joins the company’s executive team as its new chief sustainability officer. In this role, she will have responsibility for the Cargill’s sustainability, corporate responsibility, and global communications functions.
Cruz currently leads the company’s global aqua nutrition business. Originally from Colombia, she joined Cargill in 2002, and has held leadership roles in North America, Latin America, and Europe. She also led the company’s global strategy and development function, focusing on strategy, mergers and acquisitions and business development.
In other Cargill personnel developments, Jamie Miller has been named its new chief financial officer (CFO) and will serve on the company’s executive team. She will join the company on June 1, 2021, at the start of its new fiscal year.
Miller was the senior vice president and CFO at GE from November 2017 until February 2020. She joined GE in 2008, holding various leadership positions, including serving as president and CEO of GE Transportation. She was also chief information officer and led the digital technology function, and she held operational responsibility for GE Capital.
UK based, SugaRich, the former foodstuffs to feed processor, has appointed Bill Hamilton to the role of procurement director for its business. In that role, he will be responsible for the strategic leadership of resource procurement, recovering surplus foods to repurpose, and liaising with customers from varied sectors of the food manufacturing industry to grow and maintain SugaRich’s standing and market share.
“I look forward to a fresh challenge in my career as I embark on my new role with SugaRich. I have every confidence in my experience and expertise to be able to contribute to the continued success of the business. I am delighted to be joining such an effective team, and a business that puts its customers first and is striving to reduce food waste in the UK.”
The company outlined how Hamilton brings more than 20 years of experience with him, predominantly in the food manufacturing sector, with experience in animal feed as well as feedstock management for the anaerobic digestion (AD) industry.
He joins SugaRich from Biffa, where he was the head of commercial AD for six years. Previous to that role, he held the position of commercial director at Nutrafeed for six years and was head of sales at SRCL for three years prior to that.
Alltech reports that Dr Saheed Salami, a research fellow at the company, has been appointed to the UN FAO as a member of its Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on methane for the FAO Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance (LEAP) Partnership.
The LEAP Partnership is a multi-stakeholder initiative that seeks to improve the environmental sustainability of the livestock sector through harmonized methods, metrics, and data.
As part of the TAG working group, Dr Salami and other industry experts will focus on revising methane assessment guidelines to enhance GHG emission inventories and to improve carbon footprint assessments and strategies for low-carbon livestock and food security.
Dr Salami commented: “This will serve as an excellent opportunity to work with global leaders across the industry to improve carbon footprint assessments and strategies for low-carbon livestock and food security.”
He has international experience in leading research and handling technical responsibilities in sustainable animal nutrition and food quality. He joined Alltech in 2019 as a research fellow based in Stamford, UK, as part of the company’s solutions deployment team aimed at developing customer-focused and data-driven solutions for improving the productivity and sustainability of animal protein systems.
Prior to joining Alltech, Dr Salami obtained a double PhD in agricultural, food and environmental science from the University of Catania in Italy and University College Cork, Ireland. He also has a double master’s degree in sustainable animal nutrition and feeding from Wageningen University and Research in the Netherlands and Ecole d'Ingénieurs de Purpan, France.
Northern Ireland headquartered agri technology group, Devenish, aims to grow its presence in the Australian and New Zealand markets through the appointment of a new area manager.
Russell Trainor takes on the new role.
Supported by the wider Devenish team including technical and product specialists, Trainor will be responsible for driving business, sales growth and managing key accounts in Australia and New Zealand.
Ian Atterbury, MD, Devenish International, commented:
“Devenish has been working within the Asia Pacific region for many years, and we are delighted to welcome Russell to the team to spearhead our growth within the Australasian market. With a diverse background in animal agriculture, biotech, and financial business analysis, he brings a range of skills and experience which make him well placed to help further grow our business in the region.”
Devenish also recently filled new roles in South Africa in its expansion drive.
Anitox, a pathogen control and milling efficiency group, reports that Dr Enrique Montiel has joined the company as its director of nutrition and live production.
Dr Montiel, a veterinarian, has worked in the poultry and animal health sector for the past 25 years.
He holds a MSc focused on avian pathology and immunology, and a PhD in poultry science from University of Georgia, where he studied the influence of feeding program on immune responses in broiler breeders.
Tom Glomsky, Anitox's chief revenue officer, said: "Given his strong academic history studying the impact of feed programs in poultry and professional track record at leading animal health institutions, Dr Montiel is perfectly positioned to provide support and direction to our technical team, as we work to shine an ever-brighter spotlight on important issues facing our industry such as feed as a fomite."
Cees de Jong [pictured] is not putting himself forward for a new term as a ForFarmers supervisory board member.
Meanwhile, the compound feed company, the largest in Europe, has announced a new candidate, Jan van Nieuwenhuizen, as a supervisory board member. His appointment is set to be confirmed at the group’s AGM on April 23, 2021.
Cees de Jong remarked: “ForFarmers is well positioned to face the challenges in the markets with its strategy Build to Grow 2025. In the past years I have enjoyed considering various strategic issues in my role as member of the supervisory board and have been able to contribute to the development of the organisation. The moment has come that I need and want to give priority to other matters, which is why I have decided not to be eligible for a new term of four years.”
Jan van Nieuwenhuizen was a member of the management board of Rabobank Group until September 2020. He started his career in 1986 at JP Morgan in Amsterdam and London. After holding executive positions at Morgan Stanley and NIBC, he joined Rabobank in 2009. He read law in Leiden and business economics at the University of Freiburg in Switzerland. He has also held various supervisory directorships, including at FGH Bank and Bouwfonds Property Development.
“His extensive international experience, his knowledge of the global agricultural sector and his passion for sustainability are a valuable contribution to the ForFarmers supervisory board.”
