Scoular looks to new leadership appointments to help with expansion in more geographies and in innovation
Scoular has appointed four new vice presidents, with the grain handler and animal nutrition supplier saying the move is aimed at supporting its expansion and new business investment strategy.
The four are as follows:
- Bill Davis, Vice President, General Manager, Renewable Energy
- Chad Gauger, Vice President, General Manager, High Nutritional Value Proteins
- Sandra Hulm, Vice President, General Manager, Pulses, Seeds, Sunflower and Bird Food
- Joe Thompson, Vice President, Senior Associate General Counsel
The company outlined the background of new appointees:
Bill Davis has spent his career growing and developing new businesses and currently heads up Scoular’s renewable energy division, bringing energy and agriculture together. He helped to launch the renewable fuels business at Conagra and served as senior director of renewable trading at Tenaska. He started at Scoular in 2019.
Chad Gauger leads the high nutritional value proteins business at Scoular, in the international marine, animal and plant-based proteins markets. He joined Scoular in 2021 and previously held key roles at Cargill such as MD of aquaculture nutrition and global risk management director for animal nutrition, where he built diverse teams in many geographies.
Sandra Hulm has over 25 years’ experience in global supply chain operations, procurement, and commodity risk management. Before joining Scoular in August, she was vice president of procurement at Conagra Brands. Prior to Conagra, she held various roles at ADM.
Joe Thompson has played a key role in relation to acquisitions and expansions since joining the company in 2018. He oversees international commercial transactions as well as transactions for Petsource, a subsidiary of Scoular. Thompson is also assistant corporate secretary for Scoular’s board of directors. Prior to joining the business, he was a partner at various law firms.
Scoular is the 68th largest privately held company in the US, according to the Forbes 2021 ranking. The company outlined how, over the last several years, it has expanded in the Asia-Pacific, built manufacturing facilities, created a new division to explore emerging markets, opened a new global headquarters in Omaha and launched new sustainability programs.
It recorded $9.7bn in sales in FY22, providing supply chain solutions for end users and suppliers of grain, food ingredients, animal feed ingredients and pet food ingredients.