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| Cole joins DTS board DTS has announced that Martin Cole has accepted an invitation to join the board. An internationally recognised food scientist and accomplished science leader with over 20 years experience in research management across government, academia and industry, Cole is chief of CSIRO Food and Nutritional Sciences Division. Prior to this, he was director of the National Center for Food Safety and Technology (NCFST), a research consortium between the US Food and Drug Administration, Illinois Institute of Technology and more than 30 global food companies. New board for Pork CRC The Cooperative Research Centre for High Integrity Australian Pork, Pork CRC, has a new board. Andrew Spencer, Hugh Wirth and Kenton Shaw have been appointed as directors. Spencer is CEO of Australian Pork Limited; Wirth, a veterinarian, is a former RSPCA Australia president and Shaw is general manager, production, of Rivalea Australia. New MD for tna Food packaging solutions company tna has announced that, after 30 years at the helm, founder Alf Taylor is handing global operational responsibility over to Michael Green, who is returning to Sydney to take up the position as managing director for tna worldwide. Taylor, who founded tna in 1982 along with his wife Nadia, will now turn his focus to long-term business development and product innovation. Taylor pioneered the vertical form fill and seal (VFFS) bagger, the tna robag and other end-of-line packaging solutions. Lenard joining Singapore board Lenard’s founder, Lenard Poulter, and the company’s CEO Bruce Myers have been appointed to the board of The Butcher, a Singaporean retail, wholesale and online meat provider. The appointments follow the Australian specialist chicken retailer’s new partnership with The Butcher, who will be selling Lenard’s products at 18 of their Cold Storage supermarkets in Singapore. Plans include further expansion of Lenard’s products into 25-30 additional Singaporean supermarkets. Management changes at Wrigley Pacific Andrew Leakey has been appointed as general manager for the Wrigley Pacific region. Leakey will be leading the business operations for brands across Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. He will also sit on the Wrigley Asia Pacific leadership team. Leakey has more than 25 year’s industry experience, including working with Arnott’s and GlaxoSmithKline. Leakey replaces Hamish Thomson, who has been promoted to general manager for Wrigley United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland Chris Blayney has been appointed as marketing director for Wrigley Pacific, replacing Leakey. He spent 12 years at Procter & Gamble Australasia and South Asia and as Campbell’s marketing director at Campbell Arnott’s.
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