World’s largest meat producer promoted Donnie Smith from senior group vice president to president and CEO, taking over leadership from interim president and CEO Leland Tollett.

Starting in 2010, executives John Hayes, Raymond Seabrook and Scott Morrison will take on new roles in the company.

Orthopedic device maker said it named Lance A. Berry senior vice president and chief financial officer, replacing outgoing financial chief John K. Bakewell.

Drugmaker hired Jan Lundberg, chief researcher at AstraZeneca, as its science and technology head and president of Lilly Research Laboratories, replacing Steven Paul who is retiring.

Construction materials maker said Thursday that C. Howard Nye will take over as CEO on Jan. 1 ahead of Stephen P. Zelnak Jr.'s retirement in the middle of 2010.

Norwegian newsprint maker said Chief Executive Officer Christian Rynning-Toennesen resigned after being appointed CEO of Norway's state-owned energy concern Statkraft.

Karl-Thomas Neumann, former chief executive of German tire and car parts maker Continental AG, will head the Volkswagen’s electric drives division starting December 1.

Recreational vehicle and bus company says chairman and CEO Wade F. B. Thompson is ill and has stepped aside.

Electrical equipment maker Baldor Electric Co. said Tuesday its board of directors promoted Jeffery Hubert to vice president of generators, effective Jan. 1.

Auto parts supplier recently promoted executives Carsten Reinhardt, Tim Bowes and Joe Mejaly to new positions.