Viterra board member
T.J. (Tim) Hearn has been appointed to Viterra’s board of directors. He will serve on the audit committee.
Hearn was chair, president and chief executive officer of Imperial Oil Ltd. from 2002 until his retirement earlier this year.
He also spent 10 years with Exxon Corp. and Exxon Mobil, first working as worldwide vice-president of intermediates for Exxon Chemical Co. and then as president of the company’s Asia-Pacific operations, based in Singapore.
He moved to Exxon’s headquarters near Dallas, Texas, as executive assistant to the corporation’s chair in 1997, and the next year was named vice-president of human resources for Exxon. He continued in this role following the 1999 merger of Exxon and Mobil Corp.
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Hearn began his career with Imperial Oil in 1967 as a marketing representative and held progressively responsible roles for more than 20 years with the company.
He is a graduate of the University of Manitoba and was born in Regina.
MRAC executive director
The Manitoba Rural Adaptation Council (MRAC) has hired Ted Eastley as its new executive director, effective June 30.
Eastley has a wide range of experience in agriculture, management and agriculture education.
Until recently, he was agriculture program co-ordinator at Assiniboine Community College’s School of Agriculture and Environment.
Eastley, who lives on a fourth generation family farm near Nesbitt, Man., has 20 years of experience as a grain and oilseed producer. He raises forages and purebred and commercial cattle and works as a private consultant.
At the community college, he worked as an instructor, divisional chair, dean, academic director and program co-ordinator.
Eastley graduated from the University of Manitoba with a bachelor of science in agriculture and later received his professional agrologist designation.
He continued his post-secondary education by completing the management training program at Assiniboine Community College.
MRAC is a private not-for-profit corporation that provides funding for innovative and sustainable agricultural projects to advance Manitoba’s agriculture industry.
