ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 11, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- CHS Inc.
(NASDAQ: CHSCP), the nation's leading farmer-owned cooperative and
a global energy, grains and foods business, today announced that
John "Jack" Lenzi will join the company on Sept. 28 as vice president, Corporate
Compliance.
"Jack brings very deep experience working in and leading
corporate compliance and ethics departments," said Jim Zappa, executive vice president and general
counsel for CHS. "His professional experiences, leadership
involvement in the ethics profession, and his personal philosophy
on the role of ethics in business success, places Jack in a solid
position to continue leading the CHS Compliance Department to
greater success."
Lenzi joins CHS from KPMG in New York
City, where he was a director in KPMG's Fraud Risk
Management group. Prior to KPMG, Lenzi spent five years at
ITT Corporation, including four years as vice president Corporate
Responsibility and chief ethics officer. He earlier spent the
previous 15 years at Altria Group, Inc., in both the corporate
compliance function and the government affairs function, including
leading Altria's public affairs team in Europe. Lenzi began his career as a government
affairs professional with the National Rifle Association and has
been very active in the ethics and compliance profession including
serving on the board of directors of the Ethics and Compliance
Initiative (formerly the ECOA), one of the nation's leading
organizations for ethics professionals. Lenzi earned his Bachelor
of Arts from the University of
Minnesota and Juris Doctorate from Rutgers University.
"I'm looking forward to joining CHS, building on a strong
tradition of safety, compliance and responsibility," said Lenzi.
"CHS Compliance supports company values and helps strengthen the
corporate culture. It will be a privilege to join this team."
CHS Inc. (www.chsinc.com) is a leading global agribusiness owned
by farmers, ranchers and cooperatives across the United States. Diversified in energy,
grains and foods, CHS is committed to helping its customers,
farmer-owners and other stakeholders grow their businesses through
its domestic and global operations. CHS, a Fortune 100 company,
supplies energy, crop nutrients, grain marketing services, animal
feed, food and food ingredients, along with business solutions
including insurance, financial and risk management services. The
company operates petroleum refineries/pipelines and manufactures,
markets and distributes Cenex® brand refined fuels,
lubricants, propane and renewable energy products.
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of these forward–looking statements. Important factors that could
cause CHS actual results and financial condition to differ
materially from those indicated in the forward–looking statements
are discussed or identified in CHS public filings made with the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including in the "Risk
Factors" discussion in Item 1A of CHS Annual Report on Form 10–K
for the fiscal year ended August 31,
2014. Any forward–looking statements made by CHS in this
document are based only on information currently available to CHS
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