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...The combined group will compete with industry leaders Cargill and Archer Daniels Midland, strengthening Bunge’s presence in some of the world’s principal food supplying regions such as Canada and the US....
...Under Greg Heckman, who took over as chief executive in 2019, the US grains trader has cut debt, shed underperforming assets and improved earnings and returns....
...The same month Mr Heckman’s former company, Omaha-based grain trader Gavilon, named Steven Zehr its new chief....
...Meanwhile, the trading house’s rival Bunge said it had appointed Gregory Heckman chief executive....
...His comments were more measured than rival oilseeds processor Archer Daniels Midland, which last month provided a positive outlook for soya crushing margins later this year as meat producers ramped up efforts...
...Mr Anderson took over in October 2014 from Greg Heckman, the chief executive during the sale of Gavilon to Marubeni....
...This agreement also triggered a strategic review of the company, which has been a takeover target for Glencore and Archer Daniels Midland in the past....
...Bunge has previously been a takeover target for Glencore and Archer Daniels Midland....
...He joined new directors Greg Heckman, former chief of Gavilon, a US grain trader; Jay Winship, a property investor; and Mr Fribourg....
...Greg Heckman was chief of Gavilon, a US grain trader, when it was sold for $3.6bn to Marubeni of Japan in 2012....
...Prof Heckman won his Nobel prize in 2000, shared with Daniel McFadden, for his work in microeconometrics....
...“There’s going to continue to be volume growth and volatility,” Mr Heckman said....
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