Two weeks after Saskatchewan Wheat Pool announced the hiring of a new chief executive officer, the interim CEO announced his retirement.
Bill Hunt will officially leave the pool June 1 after 34 years of service, but will continue to serve as a consultant.
“Bill played an important role in the pool’s value-added expansion, particularly in agri-food processing and livestock production and marketing,” said CEO Mayo Schmidt. “His experience will be extremely valuable as we move forward.”
Hunt joined the company in 1966 and held several management positions. He managed the Assiniboia farm service centre and went on to be manager of crop protection products, manager of fertilizer marketing and operations manager for the farm service division.
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In 1985 he became executive assistant to then-CEO Milt Fair. Two years later he became marketing director for country services division.
He was then named general manager of the terminal elevator division in Winnipeg until he was appointed executive vice-president of the food and industrial services group in 1994. Hunt also served on several boards, including Fletcher’s Fine Foods, Heartland Livestock Services and CanAmera Foods.
He assumed interim CEO duties in June 1999 after Don Loewen was asked to resign.
“I will reflect fondly on my experiences at the pool and look forward to having more time to spend with my family,” Hunt said in a news release.
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