Ingredion Inc. has named James Zallie chief executive, effective January 1, 2018. Ingredion is an ingredients solutions company that serves the food, beverages, paper, brewing and other industries. Zallie is currently executive vice president of global specialties and president of the Americas region. He joined the company in 2010. Zallie succeeds Ilene Gordon, who has been CEO for more than eight years and will serve as executive chairman of the board until she retires July 2018. Ingredion shares are unchanged in premarket trading and down 0.1% for the year so far. The S&P 500 index is up 11.7% for 2017 to date.
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