JOHN BAKER: Appointed head of Food and Agribusiness Research and Advisory, Asia, at Rabobank International.

Based in Singapore, Mr Baker will be responsible for the department, which covers nine countries in Asia. He will also oversee the provision of internal agribusiness research and intelligence to the bank's corporate divisions.

Mr Baker takes over from Mr Thomas Bauer, who is moving back to the United States.

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