While everyone is asking who will be the next boss of the IMF, another top international job is becoming vacant. The current Economist contains an ad for a new Director General of the International Dairy Federation, which has members in 56 countries accounting for “86% of current milk production worldwide.”
As you’d expect, the organization that publishes the annual World Dairy Situation is not looking for amateurs. “The successful candidate possesses several years experience in the dairy industry,” says the ad, “as well as experience in international affairs.” An ability to pun is also apparently requirement: this year the IDF is hosting a World Dairy Summit in Parma, Italy, which it is calling a “Summilk”.
This sounds like a wonderful job. If you’d like to apply, drop a line to Richard Doyle – the IDF’s president – at IDF-president@dfc-plca.ca by 21 July. But “only selected candidates will be contacted.” There’s no room for dreamers in milky multilateralism.
