Food Processing - January 2009
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Dick Bond Leaves Tyson, Leland Tollett Returns
ichard Bond, president/CEO of Tyson Foods Inc., abruptly left the company on Jan. 5. Leland Tollett, former chairman and CEO of the company, returned as president/ CEO on an interim basis until a successor is found. Tollett “After seven years of helping lead or leading the world’s largest meat company, I have decided it is in both my best interest personally and the best interest of the company for me to move on and pursue other interests,” Bond said in a company statement. “I have a lot of both my time and personal finances invested in Tyson Foods, so I wish the company all the best for future success.” Additionally, Donnie Smith, a longtime Tyson executive, was named senior group vice president of poultry and prepared foods. Bond, now 61, was president/CEO of IBP Inc., formerly Iowa Beef Products, until its
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merger into Tyson in 2001, making the Springdale, Ark., company the world’s largest processor and marketer of chicken, beef and pork. At that time he became co-COO of Tyson Foods
and was named to the board of directors. He became president/COO in 2003 and CEO in 2007, replacing John Tyson, who settled in as chairman of the company.
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Rivers, Wright Out at Pilgrim’s
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