Corporate Governance

Changes at the top – appointments at a2 Milk, Elopak, G. Willi-Food and Westland

20-Dec-2017 By Jim Cornall

There have been several announcements of appointments at major companies in, or associated with, the dairy industry recently.

News in Brief

Fonterra CEO Spierings is new GDP chairman

20-Nov-2017 By Jim Cornall

Global Dairy Platform (GDP) has appointed Fonterra’s chief executive officer, Theo Spierings, as GDP chairman.

Danone changes management structure

23-Oct-2017 By Jim Cornall

Danone’s board of directors has voted to combine the functions of chairman and chief executive officer.

September appointments in dairy

05-Oct-2017 By Mary Ellen Shoup and Jim Cornall

It has been a busy month with announcements at many companies and organizations in September, with perhaps the biggest being a change at the top of Dutch dairy giant FrieslandCampina.

New appointments in the global dairy industry

30-Mar-2017 By Jim Cornall

This month we again provide a round-up of new appointments in the dairy industry.

New appointments in the world of dairy

06-Mar-2017 By Jim Cornall

The Sodiaal Group in France has announced the appointment of Yves Legros as chief executive officer of Candia, replacing Giampaolo Schiratti.

Changes at DMK

23-Jan-2017 By Jim Cornall

The supervisory board of German dairy company DMK Deutsches Milchkontor GmbH has elected Heinz Korte as its new chairman.

Mergers & acquisitions: Innovia, Linde, Duravant, Egli, Saica Group

22-Dec-2016 By Jenny Eagle

CCL Industries (CCL) has entered into an agreement to acquire Innovia for approximately $1.13bn, expected to close Q1, 2017.

Latka becomes Hochwald Foods CEO

20-Oct-2016 By Jim Cornall

German dairy company Hochwald Foods GmbH has appointed Detlef Latka as chief executive officer.

Leadership changes at China Mengniu Dairy

20-Sep-2016 By Jim Cornall

The board of China Mengniu Dairy Company Limited last week announced wholesale changes to its personnel.

Glanbia managing director announces plans to resign in 2013

22-May-2013

Glanbia managing director, John Moloney, has informed the company that he will retire from his role and from the board by the end of the year.

Fonterra ingredients MD resigns

15-Nov-2011 By Ben Bouckley

The managing director of Fonterra's Global Ingredients and Foodservice (GIF) division, Andrei Mikhalevsky, has resigned and will leave the business by the end of the year.