INDUSTRY MOVES

ADISSEO ’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jean-Marc Dublanc will retire in mid-2023, and a new CEO will be appointed on 1 July.

ADISSEO also announced the appointment of Frederic Jacquin as Chief Operation Officer (COO) and Deputy President for its worldwide activity.

Chris Dyer took on the role of Director of Sales, North America at AMLAN ® INTERNATIONAL , the animal health business of Oil-Dri® Corporation of America.

AVIAGEN named Magnus Swalander Global Vice President of Products following the approaching retirement of Craig Morton.

Mexican poultry giant Industrias BACHOCO named Ernesto Salmon Castelo, Director of Operations for Mexico, as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective in mid-April. Retiring CEO Rodolfo Ramos Arvizu will be nominated as a member of the Board of Directors.

BASF announced that Tobias Dratt, President for North America, will assume responsibility for the Global Business Services Division based in Ludwigshafen, Germany, effective 1 May. Meanwhile, Marc Ehrhardt, Global Business Services President in Ludwigshafen, will assume responsibility for the North America Division, based in New Jersey.

CARGILL promoted Philippa Purser, previously Agriculture Supply Chain Group Leader in EMEA, to Head of Strategy and Global Process Leader in late February. It also appointed Joanne Knight as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

Tracey Forfa, J.D. was appointed director of the CENTER FOR VETERINARY MEDICINE , part of the United States’ Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in mid-February.

Dr. Alexey Dronov became the new head of global sales for phytogenic feed additives company DR. ECKEL in March.

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Recent senior job moves within the global animal nutrition industry

EVONIK ’s CFO Maike Schuh became a member of the company’s Executive Board on 1 April. In her new role, she is responsible for Group IT and the Americas in addition to Finance.

Gerald Gruber became Managing Director at Austrian compound feed producer FIXKRAFT as of 1 March, leading the company alongside Rupert Bauinger.

Theo Spierings’s resigned from his position after only a few months as CEO of FORFARMERS N.V, due to health reasons and personal circumstances. COO Pieter Wolleswinkel has been appointed as CEO, and Rob Kiers as member of the executive board.

Animal genetics firm GENUS plc announced that Jorgen Kokke will be taking over as CEO in July, as Stephen Wilson transitions towards retirement.

Antoon van den Berg, co-founder of HENDRIX GENETICS , stepped down as CEO and chairman of the Executive Committee, handing the reins to Richard Maatman as of 1 April.

NOFIMA has appointed as its new Research Director Erik-Jan Lock, currently Head of Research for Food and Nutrition at the Institute of Marine Research and Adjunct Professor at the University of Bergen.

Effective 1 March, PERSTORP Group’s Ib Jensen, formerly CFO, took over as Chief Executive Officer of the Swedish specialty chemicals company. Monica Jönsson, previously deputy CFO, took over as CFO.

Insect-based ingredients firm PROTIX has named Lynn De Proft as Chief Financial Officer.

Jan Derck van Karnebeek will become the new CEO of ROYAL FRIESLANDCAMPINA N.V. as of 1 June.