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01 Apr 2010 07:00
Tate & Lyle PLC Directorate Change
Tate & Lyle PLC announces today that William ‘Bill’ Camp has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director with effect from 1 May 2010.
Bill Camp has over thirty years experience in the agriculture products industry. From 1985 until his retirement in 2007, he was employed by Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM), an agricultural processing company and manufacturer of value-added food and feed ingredients, in a variety of management positions including Executive Vice President, Asia Strategy, Executive Vice President, Processing and Senior Vice President, Global Oil Seeds, Cocoa and Wheat Milling. Prior to joining ADM, he was employed by A E Staley Manufacturing Limited (which was subsequently acquired by Tate & Lyle in 1988). He is based in the USA and currently has a portfolio of directorships, serving on the board of Chiquita Brands International Inc, the NYSE-quoted international marketer and distributor of high-quality value-added food products, Grain Storage Inc and Oasis Foods Company.
Sir Peter Gershon, Chairman of Tate & Lyle, said "The Board is delighted that Bill has agreed to join us. His detailed knowledge and experience of the agriculture products industry, especially in North America, will be of significant benefit to the Board.”
There are no further disclosures to be made in connection with Mr Camp’s appointment pursuant to paragraph 9.6.13 of the Financial Services Authority’s Listing Rules.
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Tate & Lyle is a global provider of ingredients and solutions to the food, beverage and other industries, operating from more than 45 production facilities around the world. Through our large-scale, efficient manufacturing plants, we turn raw materials into distinctive, high quality ingredients for our customers. Our ingredients and solutions add taste, texture, nutrition and increased functionality to products that millions of people around the world use or consume every day.
Tate & Lyle’s range of leading branded food ingredients includes SPLENDA® Sucralose, PROMITOR™ Dietary Fiber and STA-LITE® Polydextrose. Tate & Lyle also produces branded industrial ingredients including Bio-PDO™, Ethylex® and Sta-Lok® paper starches; and staple ingredients such as high fructose corn syrup, ethanol, citric acid and basic starches. In addition to providing a wide range of ingredients our Innovation and Commercial Development Group supports customers by providing product development, technical advice and proprietary consumer insight studies.
Tate & Lyle is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol TATE.L. American Depositary Receipts trade under TATYY. In the year to 31 March 2010, Tate & Lyle employed 5,666 people in its subsidiaries and joint ventures, and sales totalled £3.50 billion. http://www.tateandlyle.com.
SPLENDA® is a trademark of McNeil Nutritionals, LLC