GrainCorp Limited Appoints Amanda Luhrmann as Group General Counsel and Joint Company Secretary, Effective February 1, 2017
December 18, 2016 at 05:59 pm EST
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GrainCorp Limited announced that Ms. Amanda Luhrmann has been appointed to the role of Group General Counsel and will commence on February 1, 2017. Ms. Luhrmann will be a member of the Executive Leadership Team reporting to Managing Director & CEO, Mark Palmquist, and her responsibilities will include managing the Group's governance, risk, insurance and legal functions. Amanda will also be appointed as Joint Company Secretary. Ms. Luhrmann has held corporate counsel, compliance and executive management positions across a diverse range of industries and businesses with international operations. Most recently she gained exposure to the food sector as General Counsel at Vittoria Food & Beverage where she was responsible for group legal services across Australia, NZ and the US, and previously Amanda served as General Counsel and Compliance Manager of Crane Group.
GrainCorp Limited is an Australia-based diversified agribusiness company. The Company operates through two segments: Agribusiness and Processing. The Agribusiness segment provides a grains and oil supply chain business with diversified international grains and oils. Its Agribusiness segment also provides commodities and products, including wheat, coarse grains (such as barley, sorghum and corn), oilseeds, pulses, organics, animal fats, used cooking oils and vegetable oils for animal feed purposes. The Processing segment is engaged in a vertically integrated edible oils crushing, processing, manufacturing and distribution business with a footprint across both Australia and New Zealand. The Company sells and delivers grains annually to more than 50 countries through its trading desks and offices in Australia, Canada, China, India, New Zealand, Singapore, the United Kingdom and Ukraine. Its subsidiaries include Auscol Pty Ltd, CropConnect Pty Ltd, Champion Liquid Feeds Pty Ltd and others.