NOVUS CEO Dan Meagher Receives 2026 International Visionary Award
Dan Meagher, president and chief executive of NOVUS, received the 2026 International Visionary Award at Saint Louis University's Annual International Business Awards Dinner on September 30th. The Boeing Institute of International Business gives the award to global business leaders for their achievements and contributions to international leadership.
Meagher has headed NOVUS, a US-based feed-additive company, since 2019. The firm employs people in 22 countries and supplies customers in more than 85 countries. Its operations cover animal nutrition markets with differing production systems and nutritional requirements.
The institute selects award candidates through nominations and a vote by its advisory board. Hadi Alhorr, the institute's director, said senior executives are nominated for the International Visionary Award and the Globalist Award. An event committee reviews the candidates before submitting nominations to the general advisory board, whose members include senior executives from multinational companies in the St Louis region.
Previous recipients have included Tony Cheng, president and chief executive of RGA; Patrick Sly, executive vice-president of Emerson; and David Steward, chairman and founder of World Wide Technology. Meagher, who was born in St Louis, received his business degree from Saint Louis University in 1983 and took part in soccer and baseball there. He described the award as unexpected and humbling and referred to NOVUS's longstanding relationship with the institute and its commitment to collaboration and knowledge-sharing.
Alongside his role at NOVUS, Meagher chairs the board of the Institute for Feed Education and Research. He is a former chairman of the American Feed Ingredient Association and belongs to the International Feed Industry Federation. These organisations work on feed education, ingredient safety, scientific research and issues affecting the international feed industry.
Feed additives are used in livestock production to support nutritional efficiency, animal health and production performance. In dairy farming, nutrition programmes can assist with feed-cost management, milk production and herd productivity. Dairy producers also face changing feed prices, demands for greater efficiency and expectations concerning environmental sustainability.
The source describes Meagher's award as recognition of leadership in the wider international business environment rather than an announcement of a new dairy initiative or product. His work with feed-industry organisations includes engagement with businesses, scientists and policymakers on research, science-based advocacy, innovation and knowledge exchange. He said that working across the global food chain had given him opportunities to collaborate with people committed to feeding communities and preparing agriculture for future challenges.
