Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> December 20, 1999
WILLIAM E. HUNT graduated from the University of Saskatchewan in 1964
with a BSA. Mr. Hunt began his career with Saskatchewan Wheat Pool as a
manager trainee in 1966. Mr. Hunt has served in various management
positions in the Pool's farm supply business. In 1985, he became the
Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer until 1987. With a
reorganization in the country operations in 1987, Mr. Hunt was hired for
the Director of Marketing in the Country Services Division. In 1990, Mr.
Hunt assumed the position of General Manager of the Terminal Elevator
Division in Winnipeg. In March 1994, he assumed the position of
Executive Vice President of the Food & Industrial Group in Regina. In
July 1999, he accepted the position of Interim Chief Executive Officer.
Mr. Hunt has held several positions in the Saskatchewan Institute of
Agrologists: Executive of Regina Branch, SIA Council and President of
SIA. Mr. Hunt is currently a director/member on a number of different
boards. They are as follows: CanAmera Foods, Prairies Malt Ltd., Can-Oat
Milling, Fletcher's Fine Foods, Europort Inc., Poland, Matrix Trading
Company Limited, Western Cooperative Fertilizers Limited, XCAN Grain
Pool Ltd., Pacific Basin Economic Council, and the Regina Regional
Economic Development Authority. Profile
Mr. Hunt: We are celebrating our 75th anniversary as a company. We were
organized in 1924 as an agricultural coop by the farmers of
