Nutreco, an SHV company, announces the appointment of Danielle Rainha as Chief HR Officer effective November 16, 2026 and Michael Pohlscheidt as Chief Supply Chain Officer, effective January 1, 2027. Both Danielle and Michael will join the Nutreco Management Board.
Changes to the Management Board at Nutreco
Danielle succeeds Martijn Roelants who will remain in the SHV Group, moving to Kiwa effective December 1, 2026 after eight years with Nutreco. Michael succeeds Claudio Cervellati who will remain at Nutreco as Special Advisor to the Management Board.
Danielle is a global human resources executive and board member with more than 25 years of international leadership experience spanning the energy, retail, engineering and healthcare sectors.
Danielle joined SHV Energy in 2022 connecting people, culture and capability to drive organisational transformation.
During her tenure, she strengthened leadership and succession, the global HR community and its governance, while continuing to invest in the talent pipeline, people development and a more inclusive and respectful workplace. She has also accelerated the development of employees’ digital, AI and performance capabilities.
Before joining SHV Energy, Danielle was CHRO and a board member at Makro South America and previously held senior HR leadership roles at Supergasbras, Concremat, BG Group and GSK.
Michael combines a background in bioengineering with extensive operations and supply chain experience across industries including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and animal health & nutrition.
Michael previously served as Head of EMEA E2E Supply Chain and Operation for Flavors at ADM. Before joining ADM, he was Executive Vice President Operations (COO) for Jungbunzlauer and worked at dsm-firmenich, starting as VP Global Premix & Additives Operations before progressing to COO, Global Supply & Commercial Operations.
He’s held leadership roles in manufacturing operations, external manufacturing, supply chain and biotech process development across Europe, US and Asia.
I’m delighted to welcome Dani and Michael to Nutreco and the Management Board. As we embed Accelerate across Nutreco, their leadership, expertise and passion will be instrumental in growing our impact and success. I thank Martijn and Claudio for their support, drive and commitment to Nutreco and wish them great success as they transition into their new roles.
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