Seaboard Corporation announced Monday that it has named Chad Groves as the next president and chief executive officer of its pork division, Seaboard Foods LLC, to succeed Seaboard Foods' current president and CEO, Peter Brown, who announced that he will be retiring, effective June 28, 2024.

Brown joined Seaboard Foods in January 2021 after more than 30 years of executive leadership experience in the protein industry, including leadership positions with Butterball and High Liner Foods. Seaboard thanked Brown for his leadership of the organisation over the past three years.

"Peter was a key leader on Seaboard's executive management team and we wish him all the best in his upcoming retirement," said Seaboard Corporation president and CEO Bob Steer.

Groves has served as Senior Vice President of Global Sales, Marketing, & Innovation at Seaboard Foods since July 2021, where he has led the retail, foodservice, export, processor sales, marketing, sustainability, and innovation teams. Before joining Seaboard Foods, Groves was most recently the vice president of sales – retail & foodservice at Trilliant Food & Nutrition LLC and, prior to that, vice president of field sales – foodservice at High Liner Foods.

Groves holds a Bachelor of Science in selling and sales management from Purdue University and an MBA from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a member of the Board of Directors and serves as Treasurer for the National Pork Board.