MLBA 15: June / July 2010 

Hubbard has appointed Frank Ling as Country Manager for China.

 

Frank Ling has a longstanding experience in the primary poultry breeding industry. During the last 19 years, he has been working for several primary poultry breeding companies in the Chinese market, mainly responsible for sales and marketing. In this period, he has been very successful in the introduction of several products (for e.g. poultry breeds and incubators) into the Chinese market.

 

Frank has studied Poultry Production Management at the University of Connecticut (USA), Business Administration at the Shandong Foreign Trade College (China) and received a Master's Degree in Pathological Immunology in 1985 at the University of Agriculture and Animal Science, Changchun in China.

 

Frank Ling has joined Hubbard on March 1, 2010 and reports directly to David Fyfe, Hubbard Business Director for Asia.

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Canadian seafood firm appoints new CEO

Clearwater Seafoods Limited Partnership has named Ian Smith the new chief executive officer to take over from the company's founder and retiring CEO.

 

Smith, who has more than 21 years of experience in food and consumer products industries, took up his duties on May 17.

 

He takes over from founder Colin MacDonald, who will remain as chairman of Clearwater's board.

 

He has held senior positions at Campbell Soup Co. in the US, China and Canada with his most recent position as vice-president of business development for North America.

 

"Ian's proven track record over the past 21 years, his diverse range of global experience in both marketing and sales and his demonstrated business development abilities in North America and internationally, made him the ideal candidate for the position," MacDonald said.

 

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