Bryce Banfield, vice president, CHS Asia Pacific, will succeed Rick Browne as the leader of the CHS Asia Pacific region on May 31. “Bryce has extensive business experience in the Asia Pacific region and will provide our Asia Pac team with the vision and strategic guidance that will help us continue to build our business in Asia,” said Stefano Rettore, senior vice president, CHS Ag Business International.
Browne will retire from CHS on Aug. 3 after serving with the company and its predecessor companies for more than 36 years. He joined the former Farmers Union Grain Terminal Association (GTA) organization, which later became Harvest States, in 1979 as a grain buyer. Browne later held a variety of grain merchandising and management positions in St. Paul, Minn., and Portland, Ore., and served as senior vice president, CHS Grain Marketing, from 2001-2011. Browne was also a director for the Minneapolis Grain Exchange, North American Export Grain Association, North American Grain and Feed Trade Association, and several CHS joint ventures.