June 12, 2007

 

Pas Reform appoints new business development manager for Middle East
 

Press release
     

 

Pas Reform's international expansion continues in the Middle East, with the appointment of respected poultry sector veteran Maciej Kolanczyk to the key role of business development manager throughout the region.

 

Kolanczyk will focus on developing the range and depth of Pas Reform's commercial services in the Middle East, with responsibility also for the registration and management of customer field trials, following the installation of their Smart incubation systems.

 

With more than 30 years of experience in the poultry business, Kolanczyk has also owned and run his own parent stock farm, with a capacity of 60,000 broilers, since 1987.

 

In 1971, he graduated from the Academy of Agriculture in Poznan, Poland, and carried out an extensive post-graduate study on population genetics and breeding in Switzerland, Germany and the Netherlands from 1974-75.

 

From 1975, he worked as chief geneticist for the national broiler breeding programme at the Poultry Breeding Institute of Poland until 1989, when he moved to take up a new role with Dutch broiler breeding company Hybro BV.

 

During his 17 years with Hybro, Kolanczyk held a number of key positions, from Regional Manager Central Europe with responsibility for operations in Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania, to a technical secondment with Bachoco in Mexico, and finally working as a technical advisor with Hybro's customers throughout the Middle East, when he also published several technical articles on breeder flock management and chick uniformity.

 

After working in the broiler sector for more than three decades, Kolanczyk is looking forward to working in the hatchery technology sector. "This is a dynamic, technologically-driven market, and certainly in the Middle East, there is a massive commitment to and investment in emerging technologies that focus on delivering uniformity, allowing enhanced productivity," he said.

 

Kolanczyk expressed excitement in joining Pas Reform, which he saw as a "dynamic, fast-growing company."

 

"Maciej is a very welcome addition to our team in the Middle East," concluded Pas Reform's international business development manager Bouke Hamminga. "His experience in this part of the world will be invaluable both to us and to our customers, and we are looking forward to working with him to further consolidate our plans for international growth."

  

             (Left to right) International Business Development Manager Bouke Hamminga,

             and Sales Manager Michael Kampschoer, welcome Maciej Kolanczyk on board as

             Business Development Manager for Pas Reform in the Middle East