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Josef Rettenmaier, co-founder and longstanding Central Garden & Pet Company has announced
managing director of German corporate group that Joyce McCarthy (photo) has become the
J. Rettenmaier & Söhne (JRS), passed away company’s general counsel. She succeeded
on 23 March at the age of 97. The pet sector George Yuhas, general counsel and corporate
has lost an impressive character with his secretary, who retired from the position after
passing. His achievements included building eleven years of service. In her new role, Mc-
up the grain and oil mill established in 1878 Carthy will be responsible for all of Central’s
into a globally powerful industrial company in the field of innovative legal affairs, including litigation, enterprise risk management, cor-
functional cellulose and plant fibre products. Still an independent, porate and commercial transactions, compliance and governance.
proprietor-run organisation even now, the JRS Group employs over Most recently, she served as general counsel and secretary for
3 500 staff worldwide in more than 90 production and distribution Ferrara Candy Company, where she oversaw all legal and compli-
locations. With its sustainable green JRS plant fibre technology, the ance matters for the company.
company is active in the fields of health, nutrition and resource-
conserving technical applications in virtually all areas of life. Its litter
and hygiene products play a leading role in the pet supplies sector. Josef Ravnak (centre, photo),
founder and managing director
of the Sera aquatics company,
Anaïs Le Goff is assuming responsibility for stepped down from managing
key account international management at the company on 1 February to
Bunny Tierernährung. She succeeds Güde join the advisory board. Ravnak’s
Folger, who is leaving the company on 31 March successor is his daughter,
to pursue interests outside the pet supplies Michaela Ravnak-Bürschgens. She is joined in the management
business. Folger had been with Bunny since team by Holger Fiebiger (right on the photo), who was appointed
May 2018. Anaïs Le Goff brings marketing ex- director in January 2021. They will be supported by Simon Gier-
perience from various sectors in France, Belgium and Australia to lings (marketing and sales) and Christof Reiners (finance and
her new role. administration).
Josef Ravnak established Sera in 1970 with his wife Anny. The
two-person outfit developed under their stewardship into one of
Céline Levointurier (photo) has taken the helm
at Mars Pet Nutrition in Germany. She will be the leading manufacturers of food, care and technical products
responsible in this role for the strategic and for aquariums, terrariums and garden ponds.
operational management of the company’s
German pet food segment. Levointurier suc- The Italian manufacturer Sanypet (Forza 10) has appointed Jean-
ceeds Barbara Bajorat, who has moved up to Marc Baduel as new CEO and Giorgio Massoni as general di-
global level in the company as global chief rector of the company. Following the acquisition of the company
customer officer. Under her stewardship, Mars Pet Nutrition Ger- by French manufacturer Codico last August, a group has been
many reportedly experienced record growth and gained market created that specialises in the dietetic food segment and sees
share in the key product categories. itself positioned at the top end of the market. Baduel was previ-
Levointurier was most recently general manager at Danone ously general director of Codico and assumes the CEO position
Early Life Nutrition with successive responsibility for Ukraine, Bel- at Sanypet following the takeover. The new general director Mas-
gium and the Benelux countries. Up to 2009, the French national soni aims to strengthen the group’s brands further as part of the
was managing financial director at Milupa, whose parent company company’s internationalisation. A trained veterinarian, Massoni
Royal Numico was bought up by Danone in 2007. Her career began previously served as sales director at Monge and as general man-
in Germany at Procter & Gamble in the Gillette Group. ager for Royal Canin in Italy.

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