Cargill appointed John Niemann as president of the company’s Turkey & Cooked Meats unit and Chris Roberts will take over its newly formed Value Added Protein unit. The management changes were announced by the meat giant on Tuesday (June 30).
Niemann will succeed Ruth Kimmelshue, who recently was promoted to a corporate role at the company’s Minneapolis headquarters. Roberts replaces Mary Thompson, who is now leading the company’s European poultry business, according to the release.
Tom Windish, a commercial business leader for Cargill Beef in Wichita, was named to fill the distribution business position being vacated by Niemann. Both positions are based in Wichita.
Sonya Roberts, head of sales and marketing for Cargill’s salt business, will become managing director of the egg portion of Cargill Value Added Protein, and she will be based in Monticello, Minn.
Cargill said these management changes will be effective Aug. 1.