Press release
21st Mar, 2023
ofi announces retirement of Gerard Manley
Company and industry veteran retires after a stellar career spanning over 25 years with the company and 40 years in the industry
London
ofi, a global leader in naturally good food and beverage ingredients, today announced that the CEO of its cocoa business, and the group’s Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO), Gerard Manley, will retire at the end of June 2023.
Tejinder Singh Saraon, (Teji), Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the cocoa business, will take over from Gerry as the MD & CEO of cocoa. A new group CSO for will be appointed by ofi in the coming months.
Gerry’s departure will come after 25 years of a distinguished career with ofi and its parent company Olam International, and 40 years in the cocoa industry. He was a member of the Olam Group Executive Committee (ExCo) and is currently a member for the ofi Corporate Leadership Team (CLT). Under his leadership, the cocoa business grew from being a small exporter of cocoa beans from West Africa and Asia to becoming a leading
News
8th Mar, 2023
Olam Agri Introduces Workplace Lactation Pods for Working Mothers to mark International Women's Day
Ghana
Olam Agri, a global agribusiness company, has marked International Women’s Day with the installation of new lactation pods across its business locations in Ghana. This initiative forms part of the company’s workforce nutrition goal to ensure that by 2030, all its employees have access to nutrition programmes.
Blog
20th Mar, 2023
Building a Business that Conserves Forests, One Step At a Time
“I have worked in the Congo basin for years, but nothing could have prepared me for the moment when I was just steps away from Buka, who belongs to one of the four groups of habituated silverback gorillas living in the vicinity of our forest concessions in the Congo Basin,” says Vincent Istace, Head of Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability at Congolaise Industrielle des Bois (CIB), an Olam Agri subsidiary.
Personal pictures of Paki Paki taken by Vincent Istace in 2021. © Vincent Istace
“This landscape is ideal for wildlife viewing compared to other natural forests in the area. The forest is more open, making it easier to see and spot gorillas and other wildlife. This feature has made sites such as Mondika one of the world’s most interesting spots for the study of great apes.
It may surprise some to hear that critical gorilla and chimpanzee habitats around the buffer zones of Nouabale-Ndoki National Park, are also where sustainable timber harvesting is practiced.”
Forest
