Connecting the dots: New CFO at dairy farming agtech company
Connecterra recently announced that Min Zhu has joined the agtech company as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
In her two-year tenure as an executive at WeTransfer, Zhu contributed 40% topline growth and led a successful €35M Series B fund raising for the Dutch unicorn, said Connecterra.
Prior to that role, Zhu held various senior finance leadership positions in publicly listed companies, such as Philips, ICL and Biogen Idec, it added.
Her expertise spans from strategic business planning, decision-making to building highly impactful teams and transforming functions to various M&A events.
Originally from China, she earned a degree in accounting and finance from Hoegeschool InHolland.
Zhu said she is keen to work at a company that is bringing technology disruption to the agriculture segment, empowering farmers to improve animal welfare and making dairy farming more sustainable while addressing the growing food shortage. “Traditional farming needs disruption via technology. Connecterra is uniquely positioned to bring this breakthrough. I am honored to be part of the journey to scale this impactful business."
Yasir Khokhar, founder and CEO of Connecterra, commented on the new hire. “In hiring for the CFO role, we had a short list but one that is rare to find in a single person. Hunger to learn but experience from learnings, ability to thrive in chaos but structured [environments], an expert in financial matters but able to copilot operations. Min exemplifies these qualities and I'm delighted to have her onboard and join a team of upstream swimmers.”
