Within the place of Deputy CEO, Richard Maatman will oversee various departments and strategic initiatives as a part of a transition plan after which he’ll succeed Antoon van den Berg. In his function, Richard will work intently with the senior leaders of the Enterprise Models and Employees Departments on the varied tasks and initiatives.

Thijs Hendrix acknowledged: “We’re very comfortable that Richard has accepted this place inside our firm which is an ideal slot in many features. We stay up for him changing into the brand new chief of Hendrix Genetics and proceed in an accelerated approach our journey of development and sustainable animal breeding.”

Richard has intensive worldwide administration expertise in agribusiness, animal breeding and animal diet. After graduating from Wageningen Agriculture College in 1993, the place he obtained a Grasp’s diploma in Animal Science with specialization in Animal Breeding, Richard joined Nutreco/Euribrid as Geneticist of Hisex Layers. From 1998 until 2000 Richard labored as a Geneticist for Hendrix Poultry Breeders, the predecessor of Hendrix Genetics. From 2003 until 2007 Richard was Normal Supervisor of the broiler breeding actions Hybro which was mixed in 2008 with Cobb-Vantress. From 2007 until at the moment Richard held varied senior administration positions inside Nutreco and is since 2017 as Managing Director main the Trouw Diet actions for Europe, Central-Asia and Center East.

With this appointment, the Government Committee will consist of 5 members:

• Chief Government Officer: Antoon van den Berg
• Chief Enterprise Improvement Officer: Raf Beeren
• Chief Monetary Officer: Luc Claessens (a.i.)
• Chief Innovation & Expertise Officer: Johan van Arendonk
• Deputy Chief Government Officer: Richard Maatman

Hendrix Genetics is a number one firm in animal genetics. It has a multi-species focus, with core actions within the breeding of layers, turkeys, conventional poultry, pigs, salmon, trout, and shrimp. The corporate has over 3,500 workers that ship younger animals and eggs to producers in additional than 100 nations. It has a steady deal with R&D aiming to realize enhancements in genetic traits and animal welfare. With this, Hendrix Genetics is devoted to setting the usual for sustainable breeding and contribute to fixing the worldwide meals problem.