June 15, 2016

 

 

The General Assembly of the EU Association of Specialty Feed Ingredients and their Mixtures (FEFANA) met in Brussels, Belgium on June 9, for the appointment of Gerritjan van der Ven as the association's new president.

 

Following the election of Board members, the meeting congratulated van der Ven on his new position.

 

He succeeds  Marco Bruni  who  has  been  thanked  by  the  General  Assembly  for  his successful  four-year  presidential  term. 

 

Bruni has led FEFANA through a major revamp of its organisational set-up according to a Strategic Plan that was adopted in 2014. He concluded his term of office with a very successful first joint FEFANA-FEFAC stakeholder conference in Brussels on June 9 this year; including the release of a joint FEFANA-FEFAC "ANIMAL FEED INDUSTRY'S 2030 VISION".

 

Bruni (DSM) will continue his service to FEFANA as one the re-elected Board members besides the also re-elected Peter Fidder (Trouw Nutrition), Dr. Hans Müschen (BASF) and Sigrid Pasteiner (Biomin).

 

Dr. Bernadette Okeke (Lallemand) and Séverine Deschandelliers (Adisseo) were newly elected to the Board replacing Dr. Dieter Greissinger (Evonik) and Claire Relandeau (Adisseo) who were thanked for their excellent contributions to the steering of FEFANA.

 

Thomas Hoops (NHU Europe), Dirk Theissen (Chr. Olesen) and Jan Poul ten Hove (ADM), who were elected at the FEFANA AGM in 2015, will continue to serve with the Board.

 

Van der Ven relocated to Italy some 15 years ago to start his career in the feed additive manufacturing business. 

 

He currently holds the position of site director at Balchem's choline chloride facility in Northern Italy. He was elected to the FEFANA Board of Directors in 2013. Previous to that, he had been involved in the preparation of the choline chloride reauthorisation dossier at FEFANA.

 

Commenting on his election, van der Ven said: "It is inspiring to lead FEFANA in the implementation of the animal feed industry's 2030 vision and contribute with specialty feed ingredients to the growth, innovation and sustainability of Europe."