Archer Daniels Midland Company has announced appointments in the company’s commercial and production group which is responsible for ADM’s origination, merchandising, processing and marketing functions.
• Scott Fredericksen has been named president, Rail Container and
Supply Chain Transportation. Fredericksen will report to Craig Huss, vice
president of Transportation and Grain.
• John Guymon has been
named vice president, Refined Oils Operations. Guymon will have global
responsibility for ADM’s refinery and biodiesel operations. He will report to
Kevin Hess, production vice president, Oilseeds.
• Mark
Kolkhorst has been named president of ADM Milling. He will be responsible
for all commercial aspects of the Company’s Milling business. Kolkhorst will
relocate to Overland Park, Kansas, and report to Mark Bemis, vice president of
Cocoa, Malt and Milling.
• Kris Lutt has been named general
manager, Specialty Feed Ingredients. He will be responsible for all global
commercial aspects of the Specialty Feed Ingredients business. Lutt will report
to Ed Harjehausen, senior vice president, Global Corn.
• Kevin
Swanson has been named general manager, Packaged Oils and will assume
global responsibility for ADM’s Packaged Oils operations. Swanson will report to
Kevin Hess, production vice president, Oilseeds.
• Joe Taets has
been named managing director, European Oilseeds. He will manage all commercial
aspects of European Oilseed Processing as well as serve as administrative head
of ADM Europe. He will report to Mark Zenuk, vice president of Global
Oilseeds.
• Gary Towne has been named general manager, Global
Risk and Ethanol, and has assumed additional responsibility for ADM’s ethanol
sales to fuel, beverage and industrial ethanol customers. Towne will report
jointly to Ed Harjehausen and John Rice.
Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) is one of
the world’s largest processors of soybeans, corn, wheat and cocoa and a leading
manufacturer of biodiesel, ethanol, soybean oil and meal, corn sweeteners, flour
and other value-added food and feed ingredients.
Headquartered in
Decatur, Illinois, ADM has over 27,000 employees, more than 240 processing
plants and net sales for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007 of $44
billion.