Chris Kirke, who has served because the president of Moy Park since 2018, is leaving the corporate.

“Following a profitable six years with the enterprise the place he demonstrated excellent management, Chris Kirke has chosen to depart the firm to pursue different alternatives. We thank Chris for his distinctive contribution, devoted service and dedication to Moy Park’s success and we want him each success on his subsequent endeavor,” the corporate mentioned in an announcement.

No successor for Kirke has been deliberate, as Moy Park’s U.S.-based mum or dad firm, Pilgrim’s Delight, has consolidated Moy Park and Pilgrim’s U.Okay. into one subsidiary, Pilgrim’s Europe, an organization spokesperson confirmed. Pilgrim’s Europe is led by Ivan Siqueira, previously the president of Pilgrim’s U.Okay.

When Kirke first joined Moy Park, simply months after Pilgrim’s Delight acquired Moy Park, he delivered to the Northern Eire-based poultry firm greater than 26 years of meals business expertise, having most lately led the U.S. division of Greencore Group. 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 acquisition of Tulip Restricted, a U.Okay. meat firm which later turned generally known as Pilgrim’s U.Okay. Two years after that, Pilgrim’s Delight additional grew with the acquisition of U.Okay. lamb enterprise, Randall Parker Meals.

Iwan SiqueiraCourtesy Pilgrim’s Delight

Siqueira joined Pilgrim’s Delight in 2022. Previous to that, he was an govt director with Seara Meals, a number one Brazilian meals firm with an built-in pork and poultry enterprise that, like Pilgrim’s Delight, is affiliated with JBS.