Charterer and trader Cargill has added to its leadership team to support a faster pace of growth.

David Dines, a member of executive management, becomes CFO from 1 December, replacing Marcel Smits, who moves to be head of Cargill Asia Pacific.

And Anna Richo will join Cargill on 14 January as general counsel, chief compliance officer and corporate secretary.

She was most recently executive vice president and general counsel of UCB, a Belgium-based global biopharmaceutical company.