Miller Magazine Issue: 154 October 2022

48 MILLER / OCTOBER 2022 NEWS Ceres Global Ag Corp., Canadian commodity-logistics network operatör, announced that Carlos Paz was unanimously elected as President and CEO. Mr. Paz joined the company in January of 2020 as Vice President. Ceres Global Ag Corp. announced that Robert Day is stepping down as President and CEO. Mr. Day will also resign his Board seat; however, he will continue to support the company for several months on a consultative basis. The Board announced that they have unani- mously appointed Carlos Paz as President and CEO, effective immediately. Mr. Paz joined the company in January of 2020 as Vice President and Commercial Director where he has been instrumental in developing the Company’s net- work of assets. He has over 25 years of experi- ence in a wide variety of leadership, trading and merchandising roles across North America, Latin America and Europe. Mr. Paz will also assume Mr. Day’s vacant board seat. James Vanasek, Ceres Chairman of the Board commented, “Firstly, we would like to thank Robert for his contributions to Ceres over the past 7 years. He has played a meaningful role in establishing the company as a reliable supply chain manager and positioning us for the future.” He continued, “We are excited to have Carlos lead Ceres. As head of our com- mercial team for the past two and a half years, he is ready to build upon the strong foundation put in place since 2013 and continue growing our core oats, durum and spring wheat mer- chandising businesses as well as further devel- oping our unique logistics hub located at North- gate, Saskatchewan.” “I am honored and excited to be leading Ce- res.” Mr. Paz shared. “I am eager to continue working with our strong network and building on Ceres’ vision to partner with farmers and other suppliers to enable our customers to do great things in the food, agriculture and energy markets.” Ceres Global names new president and CEO The four facilities, purchased from ADM, are in Goodland, Brewster, Monument and Oakley. The parties expect to close the transaction in September. The four facilities will be opera- tional for fall harvest. Scoular will handle corn, wheat and milo at these facilities. Scoular has been building its presence in northwestern Kan- sas since 2007 after acquiring its first facility in Goodland. It later purchased facilities in nearby Cheyenne County and Wi- nona before acquiring an additional facility five miles west of Goodland last year. With the latest acquisition, Scoular will own 11 facilities in northwest Kansas; eight are Scoular-operated fa- cilities and three are Scoular-leased. “We are excited to expand our presence in northwestern Kansas, create value for farmers and invest in our value-chain network providing highest quality and dependable supply to our customers,” said Scoular Regional Manager Derek Spears. Scoular acquires four facilities in northwestern Kansas Scoular has signed an agreement to acquire four grain handling facilities in northwestern Kansas, en- abling the company to more than double its handling and storage capacity for area farmers. Carlos Paz