After five years leading Tyson Foods' international operations, James Young has returned to Cobb-Vantress as Vice President of Operations for South America and the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region.

As Cobb continues to expand worldwide, the new structure provides for two Vice Presidents of Operations, with Stan Reid retaining responsibility for North America and Asia.  

"I'm very confident that these adjustments to Cobb's structure will greatly improve our focus across the business," said Jerry Moye, President of Cobb. "This addition will provide a jump start to a great 2015 as we look towards celebrating 100 years of Cobb in 2016."

James Young joined Tyson Foods in 1988 and initially managed live bird complexes and processing plants before becoming Vice President of Live Production Services in 1999.  He served as both VP of the Deli group and later as VP of Operations before joining Cobb in 2004 as Director of World Technical Support, later being named Vice President for Europe and South America. After six years, he returned to Tyson with the position of Vice President - International with responsibilities in China, Mexico, Brazil and India.  

James Young remarked: : "I'm really pleased to be returning to Cobb at such an exciting time for the company and I look forward to meeting once again our customers around the world."

  Cobb-Vantress, Inc. is a poultry research and development company engaged in the production, improvement and sale of broiler breeding stock.  Cobb is the world’s oldest pedigree broiler breeding company. Since 1916 Cobb has grown into one of the world’s leading suppliers of broiler breeding stock with distribution in 100 countries. Cobb has contributed to the dynamic efficiency and growth of an industry that has transformed chicken into an economically affordable healthy protein source for many of the world's almost seven billion people

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 James Young, who has returned to Cobb 

as vice president of operations for 

South America and the EMEA region