ForFarmers N.V.: ForFarmers nominates Chris Deen as CEO
April 13 2022 - 3:30PM
ForFarmers N.V.: ForFarmers nominates Chris Deen as CEO
Lochem, 13 April 2022
ForFarmers nominates Chris Deen as CEO
The supervisory board of ForFarmers N.V. nominates Chris Deen
as member of the Executive Board of ForFarmers, to be appointed by
the general shareholders meeting. Upon his appointment, Mr Deen
will hold the position of Chief Executive Officer (‘CEO’), starting
as of 1 July 2022. This requires convening an extraordinary general
meeting of shareholders (‘EGM’), which is expected to take place in
June 2022.
Chris Deen (55) is currently CEO of Aviko, one of the four
largest potato processors in the world and subsidiary of
cooperative Royal Cosun. He started in this position at the
beginning of 2020. Despite the outbreak of the Covid-pandemic, he
managed to implement his assignment to continue the successful
growth strategy of Aviko by making the right decisions at the right
time. Chris Deen has a degree in business economics and information
management from Amsterdam University. He also attained a
postgraduate degree as chartered accountant. He started his career
in 1991 as accountant at EY. He moved to Sara Lee/Douwe Egberts in
1996, where he held various positions until 2010. These included
CFO of Douwe Egberts Coffee Systems in the Netherlands and General
Manager of Sara Lee International Foodservice Iberia (Barcelona,
Spain). Subsequently, Chris Deen joined Bakkersland, at the time
the largest bakery producer in the Netherlands, where he was CFO
and CEO between 2012 and 2016. Prior to joining Aviko, he was COO
and Integration Director at Euroma (products based on herbs and
spices).
Jan van Nieuwenhuizen, chairman of the supervisory board of
ForFarmers: ‘We are pleased to nominate Chris Deen as CEO. His
broad and international experience in the food sector is
characterised by initiating and implementing successful
transformations within leading companies in quickly changing and
challenging markets. He has an engaging and decisive personality.
We are of the opinion that he fits well with the other members of
the executive board and the executive team and that he has the
skills and experience to positively influence the development of
ForFarmers.’ The proposed appointment of Chris Deen relates to the
current CEO, Yoram Knoop, stepping down after the AGM on 14 April
coming. From 14 April until 1 July, Roeland Tjebbes will
temporarily take on the CEO role next to his CFO responsibilities.
As was previously announced, ForFarmers intends to disclose the
outcome of the strategy update sometime after the new CEO has
joined. This press release contains information that qualifies as
inside information in the sense of Article 7 paragraph 1 of the EU
Market Abuse Regulation.
Note to the editor / For additional information:Caroline
Vogelzang, Director Investor Relations and CommunicationsT +31
(0)573 288 194 • M +31 (0)6 10 94 91 61 • E:
caroline.vogelzang@forfarmers.eu
About ForFarmers N.V. ForFarmers N.V. is an international
organisation that provides complete innovative feed solutions to
the (organic) livestock farming industry. With its ‘For the
Future of Farming’ mission ForFarmers is committed to the
continuity of farming and to a further increasing the
sustainability of the agricultural sector.ForFarmers is the market
leader in Europe with annual sales of around 10 million tonnes of
animal feed. The company is active in the Netherlands, Belgium,
Germany, Poland and the United Kingdom. ForFarmers has
approximately 2,500 employees. In 2021 revenue amounted to
approximately €2.7 billion. ForFarmers N.V. is listed on Euronext
Amsterdam.ForFarmers N.V., P.O. Box 91, 7240 AB Lochem, T: +31
(0)573 28 88 00, F: +31 (0)573 28 88 99, info@forfarmers.eu,
www.forfarmersgroup.eu
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