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Personnel

Mark Oostendorp has been appointed chief ex- Lies Verkade and Wil
ecutive officer of IQI Trusted Petfood Ingredients Mulders stepped down
in Amersfoort (Netherlands). The company is as board members of
known as a supplier of speciality ingredients to Prins Petfoods on 1 Feb-
the international pet food industry. In his new po- ruary to make way for a
sition, Mark Oostendorp will manage the com- new generation of busi-
pany’s offices in the Netherlands and the USA. ness leadership. They
He brings more than 25 years of leadership experience in the fields of have led Prins for more than twenty years and will remain closely
food, agriculture and biotechnology, having previously worked in var- associated with the family business as shareholders and advisers.
ious senior management roles at Quest International (Unilever), DuPont Business management will be transferred to Marlou Mulders,
and Interfood. Mariska van Gelder and Gertjan Willems (photo, from right).
Belonging to the new generation of business leadership, Mar-
lou Mulders has the ultimate commercial responsibility. Mariska
Zesty Paws, a functional supplement brand for
pets in the US, has hired Chris Jaromin (photo) van Gelder, granddaughter of company founder Dir Johannes
as senior vice-president of supply chain. In this Verkade and the third family generation at the helm of the com-
role, he will be responsible for leading the supply pany, has ultimate responsibility for experience concepts such as
the Prins Plaza animal welfare centre and the Prins Visitor Centre.
chain team by expanding and evolving Zesty
Gertjan Willems will be responsible for operations, development
Paws’ operations to optimise the brand’s supply
chain network. Prior to joining Zesty Paws, Chris and education.
Jaromin held the position of vice-president of operations for Massa-
chusetts-based start-up Biena Snacks.. PetSmart Charities has announced the appoint-
ment of Elliott Francis to its board of directors.
Antonio de Dios has passed away. The well-known bird lover was Francis will lend his expertise to provide gov-
owner of Birds International, a private parrot breeding farm in the ernance and oversight of PetSmart Charities
Philippines that was established in 1975 and is engaged in the in its mission to connect and keep people and
conservation and propagation of the world’s rarest species and pets together.
exotic (non-Philippine) parrot species. The company conducts its Prior to this role, Francis led the develop-
activities on a six-hectare farm in Fairview, Quezon City, Philippines. ment, implementation and management of an enterprise-wide
diversity & inclusion strategic partnering programme across 40
business units at Booz Allen Hamilton.
On 1 March, M&B Handelsagentur
assumed responsibility for distributing
the products of Dutch garden pond Gustavo Maia has joined Trouw Nutrition’s
company Velda in Austria. Maria Pet Team Europe as pet regional business
Brenn and Bernd Heimen have ex- development manager for southern Europe.
tensive experience of the pet supplies The animal scientist graduated from the Fed-
sector and represent brands including eral University of Viçosa in Brazil. He joins
Animonda, Das Lederband and Petgard in the country. Up to the end Trouw Nutrition’s animal nutrition business,
of 2019, M&B Handelsagentur also took care of Austrian customers of having worked in management roles in pet
the Söll compa-ny. With the support of M&B Handelsagentur, Velda be- food sales for the last ten years at Cargill Brazil. The appointment
lieves it has good prospects of making inroads into the Austrian market. of Gustavo Mai enables Trouw Nutrition to offer a specialist sales
It says it is the market leader in the garden pond business in the Benelux platform across the whole of Europe for the first time, the com-
states, offering a full range of products in the pond segment. pany states

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