October 23, 2017

ForFarmer's chief operating officer to step down in end-2017

ForFarmers announces that Iain Gardner, member of the ForFarmers executive committee and chief operating officer responsible for ForFarmers United Kingdom, is stepping down on December 31, 2017.

Steven Read, also member of ForFarmers' executive committee and currently director of supply chain, is appointed as his successor.

Gardner has been with ForFarmers for 29 years.
 

Since the acquisition of BOCM PAULS by ForFarmers in July 2012, he was a member of the executive committee responsible for ForFarmers UK.

At the time of the acquisition, the agreement was made that Gardner would step down when the appropriate time arrives.

Read has been with ForFarmers for 31 years.

As supply chain director, Read is currently responsible for purchasing and formulation, and manufacturing and logistics.

He is based in Lochem, the Netherlands.

Said Knoop: "Steven is a natural and logical person to be appointed COO of ForFarmers UK, given his broad experience and successful implementation of changes in the ForFarmers organisation and the fact that he has previously been part of the UK senior management team for many years."

An external search for Read's successor has begun.

- ForFarmers