Nutreco announced today that Mr Aart Voets (47) is appointed as Managing Director of the Business Unit Hendrix. Mr Aart Voets will start on 1 December 2009 and will report directly to Mr Jerry Vergeer, Executive Vice President Agriculture.

 

Aart Voets graduated with a degree in Zoötechnichs from the Agricultural University of Wageningen in 1986. He started his career at Royal Ahold where he held various positions in distribution, manufacturing and category management. In 1999 Aart Voets joined Sara Lee and was appointed Managing Director of Meester Stegeman. In 2004 he joined Sligro Food Group and was appointed member of the Executive Board. In that position he was responsible for the retail division.

  

 

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Nutreco is a global leader in animal nutrition and fish feed. Our advanced feed solutions are at the origin of food for millions of consumers worldwide. Quality, innovation and sustainability are guiding principles, embedded in the Nutreco culture from research and raw material procurement to products and services for agriculture and aquaculture. Experience across 100 years brings Nutreco a rich heritage of knowledge and experience for building its future. Nutreco employs almost 9,300 people in 30 countries, with sales in 80 countries. Nutreco is listed on the Euronext stock exchange in Amsterdam and with annual revenues of EUR 4.9 billion in 2008.

 

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Jurgen Pullens, Director Investor Relations and Corporate Communications, Nutreco

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