Meat processor Tyson Foods has said it is implementing changes in its management structure designed to enhance leadership development and succession planning

Food & Drink Weekly, August 22, 2005

Meat processor Tyson Foods has said it is implementing changes in its management structure designed to enhance leadership development and succession planning. The changes include modifications in the structure of some of the senior management teams that report to the company's top three executives, chairman and CEO John Tyson, president and chief operating officer Dick Bond, and chief administrative officer and international president Greg Lee.

The company will begin phasing in the changes immediately with completion expected by October 1. Meanwhile, Donnie Smith is now senior vice president of Project Won, a program focused on business process changes to support the company's strategic initiatives. Among the other changes are the appointments of Bill Lovette as senior group vice president of poultry and prepared foods, Noel White as group vice president of fresh meats operations and commodity sales, Jim Lochner as senior group vice president of margin optimization, purchasing and logistics, and John Lea as senior group vice president annd chief development officer.