ADM announces new president for animal nutrition
The Archer Daniels Midland Company announced earlier this week that it has named Samson Li as the new president of ADM Animal Nutrition.
“Animal Nutrition represents an important growth platform for ADM, and we are pleased to have Samson on board to lead this effort,” said Chris Cuddy, president of ADM’s corn processing business. “In recent years, we’ve invested to improve our North American production facilities; expand our footprint in Asia; and move into the pet treats and aquaculture feed industries.”
“I look forward to working with Samson as we capitalize on our expanding product portfolio of feed additives, supplements, premixes, custom ingredient blends and specialty feed ingredients; our increasing global footprint; and our growing destination marketing capabilities,” he said.
Previously, Li was the managing director of the Asian business unit and a member Nutreco’s executive committee. While there he managed the company’s growth in the Asian animal and fish feed markets. He also served as the vice president of sales and marketing for Novus International.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry with a minor in economics and an MBA from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
