Fresh off Troy Bland's move to Bland Farms’ new CEO — rising from his former position as the company’s chief operating officer — the company announced two more staff changes.

Luke McBee is being promoted to director of operations. McBee is a five-year veteran of Bland Farms. He has a bachelor's degree in accounting and a minor in finance from Georgia Southern University. He is also treasurer of the Altamaha Boy’s & Girl’s Club.

Jennifer Wagner Sanchez has joined Church Bros. Farms as director of marketing. She has more than 20 years of experience in the fresh produce industry in marketing, sales and category management roles.

Sanchez was most recently at Driscoll’s as director of retail sales and, previous to that, was vice president of marketing and category management at Green Giant Fresh.

T&G Global named Doug Bygrave as its new chief financial officer, effective March 1. Bygrave will succeed Bastian von Streit, who is returning home to Germany to take up the position of chief financial officer global produce with BayWa AG.

Currently company secretary, with additional responsibility for risk and treasury, Bygrave has been with T&G for over 24 years. In this time, he has held senior finance business roles across the entire business and also run shared services. 

IFCO Systems, a leading provider of Reusable Plastic Containers for fresh food packaging, announced Candice Herndon has been named president of IFCO North America.

Tyler Cobb has been hired as the director of grower relations and field sourcing for McDaniel Fruit Co., home of Linda Vista brand fresh produce.

J&C Tropicals announced the appointment of Jessie Capote Esq. as its new CEO. He assumed responsibilities Jan. 1, 2021, and succeeds Carlos Capote.