appointments
Not so silly season
I am a bit disappointed that the Fonterra crisis continues to rumble on, but as of this morning there was no new press release from the New Zealand dairy giant in my inbox, so hopefully no news is good news and the company is quietly putting its house back in order. Here in the UK, […]
First Milk appoints Sir Jim Paice as new chairman
Dairy farmer co-operative First Milk has announced the selection of Sir Jim Paice MP, formerly Agriculture and Food Minister, as the new chairman of the business. He will take up the position on 31 October when current chairman Bill Mustoe steps down at the company’s AGM. At the same time, Jim Baird, Willie Campbell and […]
Business & trade, Dairy processing, Dairy science, End products, Ingredients
Fonterra management appointments
Fonterra Co-operative Group has announced the appointments of Lukas Paravicini as chief financial officer and Jacqueline Chow as managing director Global Brands & Nutrition. Paravicini takes over the CFO position from Jonathan Mason who retires at the end of September. Paravicini joins Fonterra after 22 years with Nestlé. He has been general manager for Nestlé […]
Irish Dairy Board names Harte as Meadow MD
As part of an on-going focus on growth in the UK, The Irish Dairy Board (IDB) has made some key appointments in the UK at its dairy trading and ingredients division. Michael Harte has been promoted to managing director of Meadow Cheese. Harte has worked as commercial director at Meadow Cheese for the past six […]
Business & trade, Dairy processing, Dairy science, End products, Ingredients
NFU’s Raymond named Copa-Cogeca chair
NFU dairy board chairman Mansel Raymond has been elected chairman of the European agricultural union’s milk and dairy products working group. Copa (Committee of Professional Agricultural Organisations in the European Union) and Cogeca (General Confederation of Agricultural Cooperatives in the European Union) are the organisations that represent the vast majority of dairy producers and their […]
Business & trade, Dairy processing, Dairy science, End products, Ingredients
Emmi nominates two for board
Emmi of Switzerland has nominated Niklaus Meier and Diana Strebel as new members of the company’s board. They are nominated as successors to Hanspeter Muller and Dominique Christian Bach.
DMK makes management changes
Newly formed German dairy group DMK Deutsches Milchkontor is reorganising its top management as of 1 April, the company announced. Dr Dirk Gloy, managing director of member affairs, raw materials, logistics and purchasing, is taking over the operations function.
Milk Link appoints two and splits into two units
Carl Ravenhall and Shelagh Hancock have been named to senior executive positions at UK dairy Milk Link, and a new structure has been announced. Thefirm has introduced a new business structure to support its growth and development together with a further enhancement of its senior management team. As of September, Milk Link will move to […]
Business & trade, Dairy processing, Dairy science, End products, Ingredients
Two appointed to the board of FrieslandCampina
Sjoerd Galema and Hans Stocker (left and right, pictured) have been appointed by the Members’ Council of the dairy cooperative Zuivelcooperatie FrieslandCampina as members of the board of the cooperative, and as members of the supervisory board of Royal FrieslandCampina. Galema and Stocker are filling the vacancies left by Jorrit Jorritsma and Kees Wantenaar, who […]
Danone appoints two in fresh and baby nutrition
The following appointments have been announced and will take effect from January at Danone: Jordi Constans is named executive vice president of the fresh dairy products division, and Felix Martin is now executive vice president of the baby nutrition division. Constans and Martin were previously co-executive vice presidents of the fresh dairy products division and […]
New appointments at Robert Wiseman
Robert Wiseman Dairies has made three new appointments following the resignation of chairman Alan Wiseman as a director. His resignation is effective from the company’s annual general meeting on 8 July 2010. He will remain as an employee of the group to ensure he is available to provide a smooth transition for the management team […]
Arla UK leadership team appointed
Following the appointment of Peter Lauritzen as managing director of Arla Foods UK, the following additional appointments complete the leadership team: Hanne Sondergaard – Deputy CEO – strategy, communications & HR Jan E. Pedersen – Business group director – Finance (his current responsibilities as Regional Director for the Middle East will be handled by BG […]
Business & trade, Dairy processing, Dairy science, End products, Ingredients
Fonterra lands Mexico government deal
NEW ZEALAND/MEXICO – NZMP, the ingredients division of New Zealand dairy co-operative Fonterra, has signed a $100 million (49.7 million euro) milk powder deal with Mexican state agency Liconsa. Liconsa is Mexico’s largest importer of milk powder, and is responsible for the supply of milk powder and reconstituted milk in Mexico. The powder will be […]
Business & trade, Dairy processing, Dairy science, End products, Ingredients