MLBA12: December / January 2010

 

 

 

Tyson Foods Inc. has appointed Donnie Smith, the current senior vice president for the poultry and prepared foods group, as the new Chief Executive Officer and president.

 

Smith succeeds Dick Bond, who resigned in January, and Leland Tollett, who was called back to the company to be its interim boss during the executive search. Tyson chairman John Tyson also announced that Jim Lochner, currently senior vice president for the fresh meats group, will become Chief Operating Officer.

 

Tyson said Tollett would stay with the company to as­sist Smith and Lochner in their transition and to provide strategic advice and support.

 

Smith joined Tyson Foods in 1980, working first in live poultry production and commodity purchasing and then in several management positions.

 

Lochner joined IBP inc. in 1983 as director of research and then held several management positions in quality control and technical services before becoming IBP ex­ecutive vice president and CEO in 1997 and president and CEO in 2000. Tyson Foods acquired IBP in 2001 and Lochner took over the company's fresh meats operations.

 

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Dr Alvin Arucan has joined the Cobb technical service team in Asia, increasing support for the company's growing business in the re­gion.

 

A graduate in veterinary medicine and animal husbandry from Central Luzon State University in the Philippines in 1994, Arucan has worked for over 14 years in the poultry industry in production roles.

Arucan's experience includes the Vitarich Corporation, PT Sierad Produce TBK and PT Galur Prima Cobbindo (Cobb Indonesia). He has been responsible for broiler technical service, breeding programme supervision and in his last two appointments as poultry technical manager covering all aspects of technical support, biosecurity and flock health for the entire operation.