Dean Banks named as president of Tyson Foods

Current CEO and president to remain with company

Nov 12, 2019

Tyson Foods has named independent director Dean Banks as president of the company, effective December 20. Since 2016, Banks has been a project lead and a leadership team member for X, the research and development arm of Alphabet Inc. (formerly known as Google [x]). He joined the board of Tyson Foods in 2017.

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