Movers and Shakers The right people in the right roles can make all the difference
World Cocoa Foundation President leaves the organisation
Martin Short has announced his resignation as President of the World Cocoa Foundation to pursue other opportunities after having led a strategy review with the Foundation’s Board.
“It was a privilege to work with the
talented team at the Foundation and an engaged and enthused Board of Directors and to lead the strategy review that has put the Foundation on a strong footing,” he said. “The Foundation is poised to move to another level of success and will be looking for the leadership to achieve that with the new strategy.”
Foundation Chairman Barry Parkin said:
“We’re sorry that Martin has decided to leave after a strong start at the Foundation and wish him well in his new endeavours. The Foundation’s Board will immediately start a search for a replacement to ensure that the plans to further increase the Foundation’s impact on sustainability can be quickly implemented.” In the meantime, Chris Vincent, the Foundation’s Senior Vice President for Programs, has become Interim President.
KM Packaging appoints Frances Busby as Managing Director
Global flexible packaging and lidding films supplier KM Packaging is pleased to announce the appointment of Frances Busby in the role of Managing Director. Former MD Charles Smithson said:
“Frances and KM have shared values of trust, ownership, passion, and innovation. And during her very successful career, Frances has accumulated immense experience in highly customer-focused businesses.” Frances said: “I am impressed with everyone I have met in the company
and I’m very excited to be given the opportunity to lead the KM team into the future.” Frances took up her position with KM
Packaging on July 11th. Her appointment follows KM’s announcement in April that it had become an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT). The current directors, Charles Smithson and Graham Holding, remain with the business and will work alongside Frances in delivering the growth strategy.
Tomra Food appoints new Sales Manager for Citrus
TOMRA Food has announced the appointment of James Lynch as Area Sales Manager for Citrus in California, where TOMRA works with many customers specialising in lemons, oranges, mandarins, and other citrus varieties. This follows the appointment last year of Clinton Jeffries to the newly-created role of Global Category Director for Citrus. Lynch’s appointment is the latest move
in TOMRA Food’s strategy to precisely tailor sorting and grading solutions to the specialised needs of food categories. He moves into his new role after five years
as a solutions engineer at TOMRA Food. He will work closely with the other Area
Californian customers who grow and pack large stone fruit. James Lynch said: “Clinton and Simon
Sales Manager for Citrus in California, Simon Rhyner. Both will also work with
have set the bar for customer support in our area, and I look forward to delivering that same quality of engagement. As an engineer, I spent many hours in packhouses and worked on various layouts for citrus and stone fruit customers. With this technical background, I will be able to help customers in my new role. TOMRA Food sees its relationships with customers as a collaborative process – we want them to be heard and part of the design process.”
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