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Frank van Zutphen will leave the Dutch pet food supplier Renske Chewy’s CEO Sumit Singh has been named on the Bloomberg
Natural Petfood by the end of this year after 7 years of serving as 50 annual list of innovators, entrepreneurs and leaders who have
the company’s director and co-owner. In a press release published changed the global business landscape over the past year. The list
on LinkedIn, Frank van Zutphen stated that he aims to find new was published in the 7 December issue of Bloomberg Business-
challenges and to gain new inspiration. week. Launched in 2017, the Bloomberg 50 honours the 50 most
influential global thought leaders who are changing the game in
quantifiable ways – from finance to fashion, entertainment to manu-
Ornamental Fish International (OFI) welcomes the appointment of
H. Chrishantha Alexander, managing director of Seylon Aquatics facturing, biotech, philanthropy and almost everything in between.
(Pvt) of Sri Lanka, and Rajanta Sinardja Rahardja of CV Bellenz
Indonesia, as two new members of the board of advisors. The new The executive committee of the
positions were created out of recognition of Indonesia and Sri Lanka German industrial association
by the ornamental fish industry as major exporting countries and (Industrieverband Heimtierbedarf,
to take account of the large number of members in these countries. IVH) has been confirmed in elec-
tions. Changes took place in the
wider board, however, as well as
Christian Borghs has left Spectrum Brands and Tetra. The pre- on the advisory board. Georg Müller
vious head of Pet Europe trade marketing & category manage- (Interquell) was re-elected as chairman. Also confirmed in their
ment writes on his Xing profile that he has been employed as posts were Dr Nicole Rabehl (Vitakraft) as deputy chairwoman
head of trade marketing at Bofrost since the beginning of October. and chairwoman of the animal nutrition department, and Dr Gerd
Bofrost is the largest direct distributor of frozen food and ice
Großheider (Gimborn) as deputy chairman and also chairman of
cream in Europe and currently operates in 13 countries. Christian the consumer goods department.
Borghs joined the Spectrum Brands Group in August 2006 and The other board members Roland Böhme (JBL), Thomas Neumann
held various positions in marketing, category management and (Saturn Petcare) and Dirk Wellen (Rondo Food) were re-elected.
key account management.
New additions to the wider board were Barbara Bajorat (Mars) and
Hubert Wieser (Nestlé Purina Petcare).
FEDIAF, the European Pet Food Federation, has Alexander Gerards (Dr.Clauder), Joachim Kniest (Beaphar), Jannis
announced the appointment of Raquel Izqui- Seemann (Juwel Aquarium) and Dr Jürgen Wigger (Bewital) were
erdo de Santiago (photo) as the new secretary confirmed as members of the advisory board. A new appointee was
general of the association. She succeeds Felix Vos (Mera). Stephan Hoose (Josera) and Martin Sprenger (Herm.
Thomas Meyer, who has been directing the Sprenger) will each serve as IVH auditors in future. The photo shows
organisation for over 20 years. the re-elected executive committee of the IVH (from left; archive image
Raquel Izquierdo de Santiago has the ideal 2018): Dr Gerd Großheider, Dr Nicole Rabehl and Georg Müller.
experience with a career spanning over 20 years in Brussels, the
last 15 of which have been in European trade associations. She Thomas Meyer has established the consultancy
brings experience in European affairs, public relations and asso-
MT-Consulting in Brussels to advise on pet-
ciation management. food-related EU regulations. He is a true expert
on the EU legislative system with his experi-
Interpet is growing its export programme and has appointed former ence as secretary general of the European Pet
staff member Lester Bunce as international sales manager. Lester Food Industry Federation (FEDIAF) from 1998
Bunce, who will be working on sales outside the UK, has a wealth to 2020. He now offers his in-depth knowledge
of knowledge spanning more than 28 years in the pet industry, his- to companies, organisations and associations that are directly or
torically with Interpet and most recently at Mars Petcare. indirectly active in the pet food industry.

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