Jim Leimkuhler became President of Progressive Produce in 1996, having previously worked as CFO for the Los Angeles-based food production company.

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Jim was then part of a management buyout of Progressive Produce from Chiquita in 2003 and in 2004 the company joined the Raffles Insurance group captive domiciled in the Cayman Islands.

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In 2016, Dublin-based Total Produce bought a 65% stake in Progressive.