Tim North
ICA President
Tim entered the cotton business in December 1978 joining Weil Brothers-Cotton as a management trainee. In January 1983, he moved to South America to establish operations for Weil in Paraguay and to develop Weil’s South American business. He returned to the U.S. to Weil’s head office in December 1988 to oversea Weil’s South American business. Tim then went on to become the Senior Vice President for Weil Brothers-Cotton, Inc. in 2004, in charge of Weil’s Non-U.S. operations and overseeing Pima U.S. and C/A operations.
In December 2009, Tim joined Ecom cotton group in Dallas, Texas and became coCEO of Ecom, USA in January 2016. He then relocated to Pully, Switzeralnd in March 2019 for Ecom as Global Head of Merchandising.
Tim has held a variety of board and association positions in the industry, including President of Western Cotton Shippers Association (2016-2018), Chairman of American Cotton Shippers Association (2019/20) as well as serving on the boards of Cotton Council International and the U.S. National Cotton Council.
