Position available

This is a 3 year service contract in the range of $20,000.00 per year.Time required - about half time on an Annual basis.Starting date - June 1, 1985

C.I.F.S.T.EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

ASSETS 1. bilingual

2. have a technical knowledge

3. be precise

4. show initiative

Treasurer: Norman Wookey, TenstarProducts, Ltd. Ashford, Kent, U.K.

Secretary: Hugo Deiters, Crespel &Deiters GmbH, Ibbenbueren, FederalRepublic of Germany.

Technical Committee Chairman:Marja-Leena Saarki, Raision Tehtaat,Raisio, Finland/Appleton North,Wisconsin.

During the last year, the IWGA hasadopted and submitted a definitionalstandard for wheat gluten to the FoodChemicals Codex; approved, revised and

DUTIES: 1. Administration of headquarter's office (with one part-timesecretary presently).

2. Provision of information to Regional Sections (14 innumber).

3. Maintenance of l1'Iembership records (2,000 plus).

4. Provide services to Council Committees.

5. Other miscellaneous services required by the Institute.

QUALIFICATIONS:

MUST 1. have good management skills

2. have good communication skills

3. be self motivated

4. be flexible

5. exhibit good judgement

6. be dedicated

7. have a good knowledge of the Institute

the officers recently elected at theIWGA's Annual Meeting held at theHotel La Sapiniere in Val David, Que­bec, Canada. The 1984-1985 officers are:

President: David G. Willis, BungeAustralia Pty. Ltd. Melbourne,Australia.

First Vice President: James W. Kirk­patrick, Manilldra Milling Corporation,Shawnee Mission, Kansas.

Second Vice President: Jack R.Blakney, Ogilvie Mills Ltd., Montreal,Canada.

An international supermarket featur­ing 2,500 new products from aroundthe world was one of the major attrac­tions in Toronto at the World NewProducts Conference in October.

It was one of the largest exhibitionsof new supermarket world productsever assembled and featured productsfrom West Germany, France, Britain,Japan, Hong Kong, Australia, Braziland other countries.

One thousand of the 75,000 biggestsuccesses and failures in new productsin North America over the past 15 yearswas also on display.

Speakers included Dr. HenryKissinger on geopolitical trendsbusinessmen must face in a shrinkingworld, Alvin Toffler, who has deve­loped a unique analysis of the humanfactors which determine whether yourcareer is poised to ride the Third Wave,and Mike Vance, ex-Dean of WaIt Dis­ney Creative College, who offeredthoughts on how innovative marketerscan keep emerging consumer trends infocus.

Other speakers at the 2 day confer­ence included Ervin R. Shames, Presi­dent, General Foods International, NewYork; Thomas W. Wilson, Jr., Director,McKinsey Consulting, New York; PeterN. Larson, President of ConsumerProducts, Kimberly-Clark, Neenah,Wisconsin; Mona Doyle, President, TheConsumer Network, Philadelphia;Michael Strauss, Executive Vice­President, Shearson-American Express,New York; Graham Denton, President,Product Initiatives, Toronto; Robert M.McMath, Chairman, Marketing Intelli­gence Service, Naples, New York.

The conference was the most compre­hensive new product conference everheld and was designed to providedefinitive thoughts and analysis to theneeds of today's new product mar­keters.

New Products Conference

IWGA Update

Since the International Wheat GlutenAssociation (IWGA) was chartered in1979 by 11 companies that manufacturewheat gluten in Australia, Canada, andthe United States, the IWGA has grownto 16 members in eight countries. ThePrimary objective was then, andremains today, to promote the commoninterest of its members and the generalwelfare of the wheat gluten industry onan international front.

Indeed, the scope of the IWGA isinternational. Its worldwide reach canbe noted by the diversity of thegeographical locations represented by

APPLICANTS ANTICIPATED

a. retired members

b. persons having experience in administering otherassociations

CLOSING DATE NOVEMBER 15, 1984.

Applications may be made by sending your resume to:

Selection committee,C.I.F.S.T.

3340 Orlando Drive,Mississauga, Onto L4V 1C7

ATTENTION: J.P. Meyers

Please mark IICONFIDENTIAL"

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