MAUMEE, Ohio, Jan. 19, 2016 /CNW/ -- The Andersons, Inc.
(Nasdaq:ANDE) announces Neill C.
McKinstray, who has served as the President of both the
Grain and Ethanol groups, will retire in July. Corbett J. (Corey) Jorgenson will replace McKinstray as
President of the Grain Group, effective February 1. McKinstray will continue as the
President of the Ethanol Group and provide strategic guidance and
transition assistance for the Grain Group until he retires.
Jorgenson has nearly 20 years of experience in general
management, agricultural trading and risk management with
Cargill, Inc. Most recently he
served as the Vice President and Regional Lead for the Americas
with Cargill Transportation and Logistics. From February 2009 to May
2015 he served as Commercial Lead and Vice President and
then Senior Vice President for Cargill AgHorizons, United States, which includes a core grain
segment, a retail seed, fertilizer and crop protection segment, and
a significant value-added segment that encompasses a suite of risk
management tools for farm customers and an advisory service.
Additionally, he has worked in multiple trading and general
management roles in the grain and oilseed supply chain businesses
in Kansas, Georgia, North
Carolina and China.
Jorgenson earned his bachelor's degree in Economics with an
emphasis in Finance from St. Olaf
College, Northfield, Minn.
He completed Harvard Business School's
Asia Agribusiness Executive Education Series in Shanghai, China.
He will be relocating to the region, with his wife and their two
children, in the near future.
About The Andersons, Inc.
The Andersons, Inc. is a
diversified company rooted in agriculture. Founded in Maumee, Ohio, in 1947, the company conducts
business across North America in
the grain, ethanol, and plant nutrient sectors, railcar leasing,
turf and cob products, and consumer retailing. For more
information, visit The Andersons online at
www.andersonsinc.com.
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