The Andersons Inc. has named Harold Reed to the new post of chief operating officer, effective Jan. 1, 2012. He has been with the company since 1980, most recently serving as the president of the Grain & Ethanol Group since 2001. Reed currently also serves as the chairman of the National Grain & Feed Association (NGFA). He received his undergraduate degree in accounting from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, and earned his master’s degree in finance from The University of Toledo. In 2005 Reed completed the University of Michigan’s Executive Program.

With his new position, Reed will be responsible for the Grain, Ethanol, Plant Nutrients, Rail and Turf & Specialty groups. The Retail Group will continue to report to CEO Mike Anderson.

With Reed’s appointment, the company will also separate its Grain and Ethanol operations into individual business units, prompting the following moves:

• Dennis Addis will now serve as the president of the Grain Group

• Neill McKinstray will now serve as the president of the Ethanol Group

• William Wolf will now serve as the president of the Plant Nutrients Group

Addis, who joined The Andersons in 1971, most recently served as the president of the Plant Nutrients Group since 2001. He currently serves on the board of directors and the executive committee of The Fertilizer Institute (TFI). He earned his undergraduate degree in business administration from The University of Toledo and also attended the Stanford Executive Program for Growing Companies in 2008.

McKinstray, who has been with The Andersons since 1976, most recently served as the vice president and general manager of the Ethanol Division since 2005. He currently serves as the vice-chairman of the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA). He earned his undergraduate degree in business administration from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and has also participated in post-graduate seminars and executive course work at a number of universities.

Wolf, who joined The Andersons in 1994, has most recently served as the vice president of Supply & Merchandising in the Plant Nutrients Group since 2008. He currently serves on several committees with TFI. He earned his undergraduate degree in agriculture economics from The Ohio State University, Columbus, and has taken post-graduate courses at Rockhurst College, Kansas City, Kansas, and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Additionally, Anne Rex has been named vice president & corporate controller for The Andersons. Rex, who has been with The Andersons since 1994, most recently served as the assistant corporate controller since 2002. She earned her undergraduate degree in business administration from Adrian College, Adrian, Mich., and completed the Advanced Executive Program with the Kellogg School of Management in 2007. She is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Management Accountant.

Lastly, Joseph Needham has been named director, Corporate Business Development & Public Policy, reporting to Reed.

CHS Inc. has made some major promotions, effective Jan. 1, 2012. Brian Schouvieller has been named senior vice president of Grain Marketing, North America. In his new role, Schouvieller will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of CHS grain marketing and crop nutrients operations in North America. He began his CHS career as an intern and joined the company following his graduation from the University of Minnesota in 1991. Throughout his career, he has held a variety of merchandising and management positions within Grain Marketing, including a one-year assignment in Mexico. In his current role, he will manage operations in the Asia-Pacific region and Mexico. Additionally, he led the recent expansion effort associated with the Asia-Pac region. Schouvieller represents CHS on the TEMCO board of directors.

Rick Browne, senior vice president, Grain Marketing, assumes responsibility for leading the expansion and growth of CHS Asia Pacific business platform and will be based in the CHS Singapore office. In early 2011, he had assumed management responsibility of CHS Crop Nutrients. He began his career with CHS as a grain merchandiser in 1979 after graduating from the University of California – Davis. He has held a variety of Grain Marketing merchandising and management positions in St. Paul, as well as in Portland, Ore. He was named a senior vice president in 2001, and has led the CHS North American Grain Marketing platform since that time. Browne currently represents CHS on the board of directors for TEMCO, Horizon Milling, LLC, and the National Grain and Feed Association.

Quantum Fertilsers Ltd. has announced that Tom Kendall has joined the company to trade fertilizer in the U.S. domestic market. He can be reached at Quantum’s Tampa office. His contact info is Quantum Fertilsers Ltd., 711 S. Howard Ave, Ste. 200, Tampa, Fla. 33606; Office 813.490.6619; Cell 813.220.0085; Email tom@quantumfertilisers.com

Land O’Lakes Inc. has announced several executive leadership changes, including some to its ag business unit. Effective Jan. 1, 2012, Jim Fife will become executive vice president and group executive of Ag Businesses. He will report to LOL President and CEO Chris Policinski. Reporting to Fife will be Rod Schroeder, executive vice president (EVP) and chief operating officer (COO), Winfield Solutions-Crop Protection Products; Mike Vande Logt, EVP and COO, Winfield Solutions-Seed; Dave Hoogmoed, EVP and COO-Feed; and Karen Grabow, senior vice president, Business Development Services for the cooperative system.