August 5, 2010

Kemin AgriFoods announces new vice president of sales for Asia 

Kemin AgriFoods Asia has announced the appointment of Hai Meng Tan, Ph.D., to vice president of sales.

Hai Meng comes to this position after serving as the Vice President of Research and Development at Kemin Asia for the past eleven years where he was responsible for developing new and innovative products. He was also accountable for quality assurance, regulatory and intellectual property of the company.

As the Vice President of Sales, Hai Meng is responsible for leading Kemin's client interface including sales management, sales project execution, and country-level strategic planning. He leads a team of techni-sales managers stationed throughout the Asia Pacific area.

Hai Meng has a PhD in microbiology from King's College, London. Prior to joining Kemin he taught for 10 years as a professor of microbiology at the National University of Singapore. He has published more than 100 scientific and conference papers, and is currently also serving as a member of the Executive Board of the Singapore Science Centre and the Advisory Committee of the Food Science programme at Nanyang Polytechnic. Most recently, Hai Meng was awarded the Executive of the Year Award at the 2010 worldwide Kemin Executives meeting.