Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> March 29, 2004

PETER COX – AGRICORE UNITED (AU:TSX)

PETER G. M. COX, Chief Financial Officer of Agricore United, joined United Grain Growers Limited as Chief Financial Officer in January 1995. He was instrumental in the successful merger of United Grain Growers Limited and Agricore Cooperative Limited in November 2001, to form Canada's largest agribusiness, Agricore United. Prior to that, he served as Vice President, Finance and Director of a publicly traded Canadian manufacturing company in Montreal, as a Corporate Controller of a United Kingdom multinational company based in London and with an international firm of public accountants in Paris, France. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Manchester University and a Master's degree in Business Administration from Cranfield University in the United Kingdom and is a United Kingdom Chartered and a Canadian Certified Management Accountant. Profile
TWST: We'd like to begin with a brief historical sketch of Agricore

United and a picture of the things you're doing at the present time.

Mr. Cox: Agricore United was formed on November 1,