(KAIR)--A change in oversight of environmental issues at Atchison-based MGP Ingredients.

That comes through the promotion of Munim Hussain Ph.D to the position of corporate director of environmental engineering at the company.

Hussain has served as corporate environmental engineer at the company since 2012, and will continue to oversee those responsibilities in conjunction with his new role.

According to a press release issued by MGP, Hussain's new responsibilities will include the direction of functions and programs associated with environmental compliance and environmental management, as well as environmental engineering, at MGP's Atchison and Lawrenceburg, Indiana operations.

MGP Vice-President and Chief Administrative Officer, Dave Rindom, says Hussain's “professional experience, along with the achievement of his doctorate and the recent completion of a master's degree in business administration, will be mutually beneficial to him and MGP well into the future.”