- Reuters -
Brazilian coffee growers\' National Coffee Council (CNC) has nominated Gilson Ximenes, director of the Unicoop cooperative in the Tres Pontas district of south Minas, as its new president.Brazilian coffee growers' National Coffee Council (CNC) has nominated Gilson Ximenes, director of the Unicoop cooperative in the Tres Pontas district of south Minas, as its new president.
A CNC official said that Ximenes was chosen by consensus at a CNC meeting on Monday for a two-year mandate and his appointment should be confirmed at a meeting of CNC management board.
Ximenes, who was three times head of the CNC between 1995 and 2001, succeeds Mauricio Miarelli from the COCAPEC cooperative in Franca, Alta Mogiana, Sao Paulo state.