December 5/St. Louis/PRNewswire/ -- Bunge North America, the North American operating arm of Bunge Limited, announced that it has promoted Rodney Perry to vice president and general manager of Bunge Oils and Todd Bastean to vice president and general manager of Bunge Milling.

As general manager of Bunge Oils, Rodney Perry will be responsible for leading the Oils team working to manage Bunge's assets and organization to provide customers with innovative, functional and competitive products. Perry has been with Bunge since 2000 when he joined Bunge Milling as sales manager. Most recently, he served as vice president and general manager of Bunge Milling.

Todd Bastean has been with Bunge since 1992 and as general manager of Bunge Milling he will oversee all sales, operations and commercial activities. Currently the vice president and general manager of Bunge Biofuels, Bastean has served in a number of roles including chief administration officer for Bunge Milling.

"I have worked with Todd and Rodney for a number of years and am confident in their abilities to help these business units continue to grow," said Fred Luckey, executive vice president, Bunge North America. "Both understand the food ingredient industry and the need to balance efficient production while providing quality customer service."

From the December 17, 2007, Prepared Foods e-Flash