Chris Kirke, who has served because the president of Moy Park since 2018, is leaving the corporate.
“Following a a hit six years with the trade the place he demonstrated remarkable management, Chris Kirke has selected to go away the corporate to pursue different alternatives. We thank Chris for his remarkable contribution, devoted provider and dedication to Moy Park’s luck and we want him each luck on his subsequent undertaking,” the corporate stated in a observation.
No successor for Kirke has been deliberate, as Moy Park’s U.S.-based mum or dad corporate, Pilgrim’s Delight, has consolidated Moy Park and Pilgrim’s U.Ok. into one subsidiary, Pilgrim’s Europe, an organization spokesperson showed. Pilgrim’s Europe is led via Ivan Siqueira, previously the president of Pilgrim’s U.Ok.
When Kirke first joined Moy Park, simply months after Pilgrim’s Delight bought Moy Park, he dropped at the Northern Eire-based poultry corporate greater than 26 years of meals business enjoy, having maximum lately led the U.S. department of Greencore Workforce. He succeeded Janet McCollum, who had been with Moy Park for 25 years.
In 2019, Pilgrim’s Delight expanded its presence in Europe with the purchase of Tulip Restricted, a U.Ok. meat corporate which later was referred to as Pilgrim’s U.Ok. Two years after that, Pilgrim’s Delight additional grew with the purchase of U.Ok. lamb trade, Randall Parker Meals.
Iwan SiqueiraCourtesy Pilgrim’s Delight
Siqueira joined Pilgrim’s Delight in 2022. Previous to that, he was once an govt director with Seara Meals, a number one Brazilian meals corporate with an built-in beef and poultry trade that, like Pilgrim’s Delight, is affiliated with JBS.