CHS names Brian Legried to energy leadership role
CHS Inc. (NASDAQ: CHSCP), the United States’ leading farmer-owned cooperative and global energy, grains, and food company, has named Brian Legried as vice president of refined fuels sales and energy services. He will provide strategic leadership and direction for the refined fuels sales division focused on growing the Cenex brand. The appointment was effective August 5, 2013.
“Brian brings significant leadership experience to this role, including leading and directing field-based staff and developing strong customer-focused relationships,” said Darin Hunhoff, senior vice president, CHS Refined Fuels. “He knows many of our current refined fuels cooperative customers, as a result of working relationships developed during his tenure as president of CHS Capital.”
With a career spent in the agricultural finance industry, Legried joined CHS in 2005 as president of what became CHS Capital. Under his leadership, three lending organizations were successfully merged into one company focused on serving commercial and producer markets, including a significant number of CHS customers. Prior to joining CHS, he held a number of senior leadership positions with the Farm Credit System.
Legried grew up on a family farm in Iowa and received a bachelor’s degree in finance from Iowa State University and a master’s of business administration in finance from the University of Minnesota.
CHS is a leading global agribusiness owned by farmers, ranchers and cooperatives across the United States. It is a Fortune 100 company which supplies energy, crop nutrients, grain marketing services, animal feed, and food and food ingredients, along with business solutions including insurance, financial and risk management services. The company also operates petroleum refineries and pipelines, and it markets and distributes Cenex brand refined fuels, lubricants, propane and renewable energy products.
(August 31, 2013)
