Oppy announced the refined roles of David Smith, Satri Alpine, Chris Kurylo, James Milne and Jason Fung, in addition to subsequent structure enhancements.

“The complexity of our business has radically evolved in the last five to 10 years,” said Smith, who is now president and chief operating officer. “A huge part of Oppy’s ongoing success has been in taking a proactive approach and consistently modifying our strategy as we drive the business forward. As we continue to grow, these moves, and future moves to come, will enhance Oppy as we propel through the 2020s and beyond.”

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Camposol has named José Antonio Gómez Bazán as its CEO as of Sept. 21. Gómez Bazán was previously the company's commercial director for the international division. During the last months, Chairman Samuel Dyer Coriat was acting as executive charmain while the board of directors was in the process of hiring a new CEO; he will remain from now on as chairman of the board.

Gómez Bazán has over 20 years of experience in the international food industry. In the last 10 years he has led the transformation of Camposol into a branded fresh and healthy food multinational company. Previously he had held

Homegrown Organic Farms has added Jonah Reardon to its sales team. Reardon will be operating as a category manager within the citrus and grape team.

Reardon comes to the company with 20-plus years of produce industry experience, mostly focused on citrus and imports — both organic and conventional. He graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with a bachelor's degree in agricultural business and kicked off his career as a sales representative for a large organic grape grower in the southern San Joaquin Valley. Most recently he established and managed the central valley office for a local packer

G&R Farms hired Jon Ellis, who will be serving as the company's operations manager.

Ellis is a long-time resident of Glenville, GA, and brings an array of skills to the G&R Farms team, including experience in mechanical, logistics, quality control and manufacturing. Most recently he worked in the aerospace industry. Ellis also served in the U.S. Army for over two decades and recently retired from active duty.

As a fourth-generation family farm, G&R isn’t resting on its laurels and continues to grow and expand as a leading sweet onion supplier with both locally grown Vidalia onions as well as

Calavo Growers Inc., a global leader in the avocado and value-added fresh food industries, announced that Mariela Matute has been appointed chief financial officer, effective Oct. 11.

“We are excited to welcome Mariela Matute as an integral member of our management team,” said Steven Hollister, interim CEO of Calavo Growers. “Mariela has an impressive combination of financial expertise and relevant industry background, including food production and agriculture, which make her highly qualified to assume the role of CFO. She is a proven senior financial leader, joining us most recently from her

United Natural Foods Inc. announced the promotion of Steve Dietz to the newly created role of chief customer officer, effective Oct. 1. In this new role, Dietz will be responsible for overseeing UNFI’s sales efforts throughout the United States and Canada.

Dietz currently serves as UNFI’s president for its Pacific Region, a position he’s held since 2018. In his new role, Dietz will support the region teams, driving business growth and helping ensure UNFI delivers on its long-term vision to transform the future of food. The sales regions include UNFI’s National, Atlantic, South, Central