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Personnel

On 1 May, Carlo Priolo was appointed to the Sven Blume, former Animal EMEA director at
management of Fihumin by proprietor and Wahl, has told PET worldwide that he has parted
managing director Dirk Jungclaussen. The two ways with the company. Unconfirmed reports
directors will now lead the company in tandem. suggest that his role at Wahl has been assumed
As well as overseeing day-to-day affairs, the by Norman Klinger, director of sales EMEA.
newly appointed director will also be respon- Sven Blume joined Wahl in July 2014 as sales
sible for managerial succession and the future manager of Animal EMEA. He was initially re-
orientation of the company. Carlo Priolo has been an authorised sponsible for marketing the Moser Animalline and Wahl Pro Animal
signatory of the company since July 2017 and as such fully involved brands in Europe. Blume previously held managerial appointments
in directing its operations. at Karlie, Mellerud and Hagen Germany.

Alke Eva Wallmeyer was appointed by Oase Bernd Hindersmann has passed away. A long-
as its marketing manager for the sales organ- standing employee of the Tetra aquatics com-
isation in Germany, Austria and Switzerland pany, he died on 30 April at the age of 73. Be-
on 15 February. In her newly created position tween 1974 and 2011, Hindersmann held var-
she is responsible for customer-oriented mar- ious posts in the Melle-based company, both
keting taking regional or national requirements in Germany and abroad. As department head
into account. he was responsible for distribution in the
As a PR specialist, she was involved in managing stakeholders German-speaking countries and for the global export business.
and sustainability in her last two positions at a hard coal mine and Bernd Hindersmann was an enthusiastic aquarist and earned
in the hydrogen industry. great respect for his efforts in developing and expanding the Asian
In Oase’s sales organisation in Great Britain, the USA, China and market, spending many years living in the region. “His world re-
Italy, the role she has assumed has functioned as an interface be- volved around aquatics and as a passionate hobbyist he under-
tween marketing and sales for some time. The new appointment stood perfectly how to combine his knowledge and enthusiasm
of marketing manager for the sales unit in the German-speaking with his occupation,” an obituary by Tetra stated.
countries, which is headed by Christoph Bu ltel, is functionally as-
signed to marketing director Matthias Oetting as regional interface Appointing Martin Spengler as new director
for the global marketing network of Oase.
for marketing and sales and Sibylle Geisert
as head of the marketing department, Mera
Protix, a market share leader in insect-based has expanded its management team and added
nutrition for sustainable feed and food, has to its existing marketing staff.
hired Paul van der Raad as global commercial Martin Spengler embarked on his career with
director for pet food. He will be responsible for the L’Oreál Group, working as director of retail
the commercial strategy, roadmap and sales development among other things. His most
in pet nutrition. recent role was as international director of e-
Paul van der Raad is an accomplished com- commerce & consumer products for Weight
mercial expert and has been active in the pet industry since 1997. Watchers International.
He has worked as CEO and COO and in various senior management Sibylle Geisert has already worked on con-
positions in sales & marketing with leading pet food companies, sumer brands such as Pedigree, Frolic and
including spending 20 years at Danish Vital Petfood Group. He is Whiskas. She was most recently employed as head of strategic
currently CEO at the Danish manufacturer Henne Pet Food and will international brand management/consumer insights for Douglas.
join Protix on 1 August.

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