Over the past three decades, Brant Randles has seen the Canadian and global grain industries from a unique perspective. Joining Louis Dreyfus in 1981, he held management and leadership positions in Winnipeg (General Manager, LD Canada Ltd), Singapore (Commercial manager, LD Asia) and Johannesburg, South Africa ( Managing Director for LD Africa). Returning home to Canada in 1998, Brant became President of Calgary-based Louis Dreyfus Canada, developing a network of state-of-the-art grain facilities. Since 2007 Brant has also been President and Chairman of LDM Foods, the Yorkton-based canola crushing and refining enterprise jointly held by LD Canada and Mitsui and Company Ltd.