Feedinfo Review Summer 2023: INDUSTRY MOVES

Recent senior job moves within the global animal nutrition industry

Several high-level changes at ADISSEO took place in early July. Dr. Hao Zhigang, Chairman of the Board of Directors, took up the CEO role following the departure of Jean-Marc Dublanc. Meanwhile, Frédéric Jacquin replaced Dublanc as president of Adisseo France SAS. Moreover, Sebastian Marten has joined the Executive Committee in the role of Executive Director of the Specialty Strategic Business Unit.

Nuria Miquel will become Senior Vice President and Chief Science Officer of ADM starting 1 August 2023, replacing Todd Werpy, who is retiring.

ALLTECH announced in April that Scot Harold will assume commercial leadership as executive vice president, Feed & Premix, and Brian Gier will take on the role of vice president of sales for Hubbard Feeds.

BARENTZ welcomed John DeVos as President of the company’s North American Animal Nutrition Division in June, replacing Jerry Vergeer who will transition to a global advisory role.

BENCHMARK GENETICS ’ Dr Ross Houston was promoted in April to Director, Genetics and Innovation, succeeding Dr Morten Rye, who is taking on a new senior role as Director, External Services and Global Strategies.

US-based animal nutrition firm BIOZYME ® INC. took on Kathrin Rieser, M.Sc. as the new Global Marketing Manager Feed Additives in May.

DARLING INGREDIENTS INC announced changes to its executive management team in May, with Matt Jansen named as Chief Operating Officer, North America. Meanwhile, Rick Elrod, Executive Vice President, U.S. Rendering Operations, announced his intention to retire in April 2024. Brandon Lairmore, currently Senior Vice President, North Central Region, will succeed Elrod.

Following the merger with Firmenich, the Co-CEO structure of DSM, wherein each CEO holds additional CFO and COO responsibilities respectively, will be changed as of 1 September 2023. Dimitri de Vreeze will continue as CEO and Ralf Schmeitz will be CFO of DSM-FIRMENICH. Geraldine Matchett, previously Co-CEO at DSM alongside de Vreeze, will further her career elsewhere.

The European Commission decided to appoint Roser Domenech Amado as Director ‘One Health’ in its DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY (DG SANTE) in April. The date of effect of her appointment will be determined later.

FEFAC members elected Pedro Cordero, Vice-President of the Spanish Feed Industry Association CESFAC, as its new President for the next term between 2023 to 2026.

Rob Kiers was appointed to the executive board of FORFARMERS N.V . in the role of Chief Operating Officer.

Rainer Lehmann will join Denmark’s NOVOZYMES as CFO and EVP, taking up the position no later than November 1, 2023. Lars Green has decided to leave the company for personal reasons, effective no later than the end of 2023.

Eddy Ketels will step down as CEO of Dutch feed additives company ORFFA at the end of 2023, after 35 years in the company. He will be succeeded by Haiko Zuidhoff, who will start in his new role as of 1 October 2023.

ROYAL AGRIFIRM GROUP appointed Jolanda van Haarlem as its new Group Director Specialties and Global Strategy Director in April. Furthermore, she will oversee the EMEA team as Gudo klein Gebbink, the current Managing Director EMEA, decided to leave Agrifirm.

Effective from 1 September 2023, Jan Kamphof will become SCHOTHORST FEED RESEARCH’S Director, succeeding Lieuwe Roosenschoon who will be retiring after more than 8 years.

In mid-June, THAI UNION FEEDMILL appointed Komsan Machim as Chief Financial Officer.

The US’s WAYNE-SANDERSON FARMS has announced changes to its senior leadership team, including the retirement of Bryan Miller, senior vice president of quality assurance, who was succeeded by Dr. Juan “Juanfra” DeVillena, and the retirement of David Malfitano, chief human resources officer, succeeded by Pamela Roach.