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Cargill Asia-Pacific President Elected to U.S.-India Business Council Board of Directors
WASHINGTON, June 30 PRNewswire-USNewswire — The U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC) is pleased to announce the election of Paul Conway, Senior Vice President of Cargill, Incorporated and President, Cargill Asia Pacific Holdings, to its Board of Directors.
The U.S.-India Business Council is the premier business advocacy organization representing 280 of the largest U.S. companies investing in India, joined by two dozen of India's largest global companies. USIBC's mandate is to strengthen U.S.-India commercial ties.
Cargill is a Chairman's Circle member of the U.S.-India Business Council. Cargill has been doing business in India for over 20 years and currently employs over 1,100 people across India.
"Paul Conway's appointment to the USIBC board represents the increased focus that the Council is placing on matters related to rural development in India, and on the advancement of the food and agriculture systems in both countries. The private sector has an important role to play in contributing to a more synergistic trade and investment relationship between the U.S. and India in the food and agriculture space," said U.S.- India Business Council Chairman Indra Nooyi. "Paul brings deep insight and knowledge of the industry to the Board, and will provide valuable leadership on the best approaches for strengthening the food and agriculture systems in both countries."
Speaking about his appointment to the U.S.-India Business Council Board of Directors, Mr. Conway said, "I look forward to working with the USIBC and its member companies from both the U.S. and India on the important issues of bilateral trade, investment and rural development. Cargill brings a world of experience to India on issues relating to food, agriculture, and risk management."
Paul Conway became a Senior Vice President and member of Cargill's global Corporate Leadership Team in October 2006. He also moved to Asia as President and Regional Director in January of that year. He joined Cargill from Law School in 1979 and has held a number of merchandising roles in the United Kingdom, USA and Switzerland before becoming a Division Head of UK corn processing in 1989. Throughout the 1990's Mr. Conway worked in the European food processing businesses becoming Executive Vice President of Cargill's European Food Processing Businesses in 1997.
Under Mr. Conway's leadership in the Asia-Pacific region, Cargill's investments and activities in India have grown in the areas of edible oil refining and distribution, animal nutrition, sugar refining, fertilizers and risk management; amongst others.
Headquartered in Wayzata, Minnesota, Cargill is a global provider of food, agriculture and risk management products and services. The company employs 158,000 people in 66 countries, and its purpose is to be the global leader in nourishing people. Cargill reported 2007 sales of $88 billion.
The U.S.-India Business Council recently celebrated its 33rd Anniversary "Global Partnership Summit" in Washington, D.C. where Indra Nooyi, USIBC's new chairman, shared her plans to launch a high-level USIBC Executive Mission to India in late September of this year.
SOURCE U.S.-India Business Council
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