Nutreco CEO, Rob Koremans, has just announced that he will be retiring from his role this summer after leading the company for the past three years.
“I have thoroughly enjoyed being part of Nutreco and supporting the company in living its purpose of Feeding the Future. It’s been a privilege to work with so many passionate and motivated people, both within the company and in the industry," he commented.
Nutreco said it was Koremans' personal decision to retire from the company.
Fulco van Lede will join Nutreco as CEO on August 15, taking over from where Koremans left off. He was appointed as a member of the executive board of directors of SHV on July 1, 2018, after having served in different positions in Makro and SHV Energy; in the latter ultimately as CEO of the SHV energy board.
Koremans is to stay on in the company until the end of the year as an advisor to the Nutreco executive leadership team to ensure a smooth transition and to facilitate the startup of a new fundamental research unit that will develop and introduce proprietary products such as feed additives and specialty ingredients.
In further Nutreco linked recruitment developments, the Dutch group has also taken on a new chief science officer.
In that role, David Bravo is leading the company’s new fundamental research unit, which looks to bring ideas to proof of concept and replenish the company’s new product pipeline.
He joins Nutreco from Land O’Lakes feed business unit, where he was most recently director of innovation and technology scouting.
The company said Bravo has a strong track record in supporting innovation in the feed industry; he has served in a variety of roles including at leadership level in feed, premix and feed additive companies from Neovia in France to Pancosma in Switzerland and Land O’Lakes in the US.
Bravo studied nutrition, molecular physiology and physiology at universities in France; he is also an alum of Harvard Business School.
The general assembly of FEDIOL, the association representing the EU vegetable oil and protein meal industry, elected Jordi Costa as president of the trade group for the 2021-2023 mandate during a virtual meeting mid-last month.
“I take up this role at a crucial time for the oilseed crushing and vegetable oil refining sector. Reducing our environmental impact to meet the climate neutrality objective entails fundamental changes in our food system. We are ready to be part of the solution to these major challenges by responding to market demand [as well as] to the expectations of society,” said Costa, who is currently vice-president, Europe softseed value chain, Bunge.
He has been with Bunge since 1999, holding different managerial positions with a regional, European or global scope, and has been a member of the FEDIOL executive board since June 2012.
The members also renewed the mandate of John Grossmann, ADM, as vice-president for a one-year term.
Aart Mateboer is to lead Perstorp’s animal nutrition business.
He will take on that role at the start of August.
Mateboer has a solid background in the chemical as well as the animal nutrition industry, said the Swedish group. Prior to joining Perstorp, he was vice president of animal nutrition at International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) Europe.
Mateboer has also worked, at senior position level, in companies such as Akzo Nobel, Cargill and Danisco.
“I am excited to join Perstorp. The recent investments in the business have laid a solid foundation for the future and together with the team we will make the ambitious growth plan happen,” he said.
Mateboer holds a master’s degree in organic chemistry from the Free University in Amsterdam and will be based at Perstorp’s production unit in Waspik, the Netherlands.
Jan Secher, Perstorp CEO, said that the animal nutrition business is continuing to be one of Perstorp’s focus segments. “With Aart’s solid track record and background, I am confident that we will continue to serve and lead change in the animal nutrition industry.”
Irish-owned agribusiness company, ClonBio Group, recently appointed former Bank of Ireland chief executive, Richie Boucher, as its chairman.
Founder and CEO of ClonBio Group, Mark Turley, commented on the appointment: ”Since joining the Board in 2020, Richie’s insight, experience and commercial rigor is already evident in how we assess capital allocation and investment priorities, not least in our €200m, three-year investment program now underway.”
The company says it continues to progress that program, with it focusing on the development of a variety of bio-based products, led by alternative protein concentrates and isolates for use in human and animal nutrition.
The group's primary operation is Pannonia Bio Zrt, a wholly owned Hungarian subsidiary that manufactures sustainable bioproducts from grain produced by local farmers. These include GMO-free proteins for animal and, increasingly, human nutrition, as well as bioethanol/alcohol, used in an increasing range of industrial applications, in hand sanitizers and as a green biofuel.
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Amlan International, a mineral based feed additives producer, has appointed a new commercial manager for Vietnam. Nguyen Hai will lead the sales support and company strategy in that market.
Nguyen is responsible for building and leading a team to provide sales and technical support to producers and industry stakeholders to drive greater efficiencies in poultry and swine production in Vietnam, said Amlan. Prior to joining the group, he was national sales manager for a prominent animal health company, where he led the sales and marketing strategy for Vietnam.
He holds a master’s degree in animal science from the Asia Institute of Technology and a PhD in animal science, with an emphasis on swine and piglet nutrition, from Queensland University.
