OIL EXPERTS

Richard Galloway is president of Galloway and Associates, a business consulting firm serving domestic and foreign agricultural processing, vegetable oil refining and grain handling industries. He works with a variety of companies, and serves as a lead consultant for major initiatives such as the Better Bean Initiative, of the United Soybean Board (USB) and QUALISOY. His work with private clients includes numerous domestic and Latin American companies.

Richard has more than 25 years experience in the oilseed processing and vegetable oil refining industries with Gold Kist of Atlanta and Quincy Soybean Company of Quincy, IL. For seven years he has provided consulting services to the oilseed and refining industries in the US and Latin America.

When he was with Quincy Soybean Company from 1979 through 1998, he served as the executive vice president and was a member of the board of directors. His responsibilities included marketing, risk management, and strategic planning for three soybean processing plants, two vegetable oil refineries, two soybean lecithin plants, an edible oil packaging plant, three river grain terminals and 18 interior grain elevators in the Midwest and Midsouth. During his time there, he created and provided oversight of three joint ventures. Richard also served as the chairman-elect for the National Oilseed Processing Association.