Within the place of Deputy CEO, Richard Maatman will oversee quite a few departments and strategic projects as a part of a transition plan and then he’ll be triumphant Antoon van den Berg. In his function, Richard will paintings intently with the senior leaders of the Industry Devices and Team of workers Departments at the more than a few initiatives and projects.
Thijs Hendrix mentioned: “We’re more than pleased that Richard has authorised this place inside our corporate which is an ideal have compatibility in lots of sides. We sit up for him turning into the brand new chief of Hendrix Genetics and proceed in an speeded up means our adventure of enlargement and sustainable animal breeding.”
Richard has intensive world control revel in in agribusiness, animal breeding and animal vitamin. After graduating from Wageningen Agriculture College in 1993, the place he received a Grasp’s stage in Animal Science with specialization in Animal Breeding, Richard joined Nutreco/Euribrid as Geneticist of Hisex Layers. From 1998 until 2000 Richard labored as a Geneticist for Hendrix Poultry Breeders, the predecessor of Hendrix Genetics. From 2003 until 2007 Richard used to be Basic Supervisor of the broiler breeding actions Hybro which used to be blended in 2008 with Cobb-Vantress. From 2007 until nowadays Richard held more than a few senior control positions inside Nutreco and is since 2017 as Managing Director main the Trouw Vitamin actions for Europe, Central-Asia and Heart East.
With this appointment, the Government Committee will consist of 5 participants:
- Leader Government Officer: Antoon van den Berg
- Leader Industry Construction Officer: Raf Beeren
- Leader Monetary Officer: Luc Claessens (a.i.)
- Leader Innovation & Generation Officer: Johan van Arendonk
- Deputy Leader Government Officer: Richard Maatman
Hendrix Genetics is a number one corporate in animal genetics. It has a multi-species center of attention, with core actions within the breeding of layers, turkeys, conventional poultry, pigs, salmon, trout, and shrimp. The corporate has over 3,500 staff that ship younger animals and eggs to manufacturers in additional than 100 nations. It has a continual center of attention on R&D aiming to succeed in enhancements in genetic traits and animal welfare. With this, Hendrix Genetics is devoted to environment the usual for sustainable breeding and give a contribution to fixing the worldwide meals problem.