Within the place of Deputy CEO, Richard Maatman will oversee a lot of departments and strategic initiatives as a part of a transition plan after which he’ll succeed Antoon van den Berg. In his function, Richard will work intently with the senior leaders of the Enterprise Items and Workers Departments on the assorted initiatives and initiatives.
Thijs Hendrix acknowledged: “We’re very blissful that Richard has accepted this place inside our firm which is an ideal slot in many points. We look ahead to him turning into the brand new chief of Hendrix Genetics and proceed in an accelerated means our journey of progress and sustainable animal breeding.”
Richard has in depth worldwide administration expertise in agribusiness, animal breeding and animal diet. After graduating from Wageningen Agriculture College in 1993, the place he obtained a Grasp’s diploma 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 was Common Supervisor of the broiler breeding actions Hybro which was mixed in 2008 with Cobb-Vantress. From 2007 until as we speak Richard held numerous senior administration positions inside Nutreco and is since 2017 as Managing Director main the Trouw Vitamin actions for Europe, Central-Asia and Center East.
With this appointment, the Government Committee will consist of 5 members:
- Chief Government Officer: Antoon van den Berg
- Chief Enterprise Improvement Officer: Raf Beeren
- Chief Monetary Officer: Luc Claessens (a.i.)
- Chief Innovation & Expertise Officer: Johan van Arendonk
- Deputy Chief Government Officer: Richard Maatman
Hendrix Genetics is a number one firm in animal genetics. It has a multi-species focus, 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 producers in additional than 100 nations. It has a steady give attention to R&D aiming to attain enhancements in genetic traits and animal welfare. With this, Hendrix Genetics is devoted to setting the usual for sustainable breeding and contribute to fixing the worldwide meals problem.
