“We consider ourselves fortunate to bring Dave on board,” said Dave Christiansen, MKC president and CEO. “His wealth of experience working with producers and industry leaders will serve to strengthen our objective of shared growth, shared success.” MKC, headquartered in Moundridge, Kan., is a diverse member-owned cooperative serving producers and customers throughout central Kansas. MKC and its partners provide customers grain marketing, agronomy, energy, and feed inputs.
The Mosaic Co. announced that effective Dec. 1, David Lee, currently director of global feed sales, has accepted the position of director, sales – Western North America on the fertilizer side of the business. He will report to Tom Philbin, vice president, sales – North America. Mosaic said Lee brings excellent international and domestic experience to his new role and will be relocating to Plymouth, Minn., toward the end of the year.
Citing strong sales and overall growth in the company, Trevor Thiessen, president of Novozymes Biologicals BioAg Group, Saskatoon, announced the hiring for four newly-created positions.
Sanford Gleddie has been appointed as global marketing and sales director. Gleddie was most recently the global business development director; previous to that, he was the CEO of Philom Bios Australia. Globally, he will be overseeing Novozymes Biologicals’ six regional business managers, customer communications team, distribution accounts management, and regulatory functions.
Scott Inman has been promoted to the role of agronomy group leader, and is responsible for the global field agronomy team. Inman has been with Novozymes for eight years as a technical sales manager, and more recently as an application specialist for the BioAg division. Prior to joining Novozymes, he served as a technical sales manager and a field development representative with the agriculture industry.
David Fox has been appointed as the new U.S. marketing manager, and is responsible for managing the U.S. marketing initiatives. He will draw on his experience in the marketing of inoculants and seed.
Beth Hatch has joined the company as the new U.S. sales manager, and is responsible for managing U.S. sales initiatives and representatives. She brings more than 12 years of management experience to the team, with extensive experience in marketing management and strategic planning.