Sikes will head Cargill

Brian Sikes, who spent some of his 31 years with Cargill Inc. in Canada, will take over as president and chief executive officer on Jan. 1.

He replaces Dave MacLellan who has had the two positions since 2013 and now will be executive chair of the board of directors and will serve as a strategic advisor to Sikes.

Sikes has been a Cargill executive in Europe and the United States as well as Canada and has been head of the company's talent centre of expertise and is now its chief financial officer.