Hemke Nutri Consult

• Innovation and project support, training and advice, management consultancy
• Feed evaluation, animal production, integral chain management, pigs, poultry, cattle

Manager business development CCL Research

• Setting up and in charge of the department business development (2,6 fte)
  and of the meat research group ( 4,5 fte).
• Turnover of contract research increased from € 200.000 in 2000 to 1.200.000 in 2004.

Manager Feed Advice Centre Cehave

• Responsible for product development, design of advices and support of sales and purchase departments. In charge of 20 persons.
• Controlling R&D budget of € 1,3 million. Return on investment by application € 4,5 mil.

Chief nutritionist Cehave Veghel

• Main task to develop and make applicable knowledge, design advices, support sales and purchase. In charge of projects and coaching 4 nutritionists.
• Communicate advices in presentations and in writing.

Elanco Benelux

• The coordination of product developments and trials in cooperation with farms and institutes.

Education and experiences

• University of Agriculture Wageningen (Animal Nutrition Physiology, Health, Economics).
• Courses e.g. marketing ( Nima A), advice skills, project- and human resource management.
• Initiating, coordinating and reporting research projects within and outside the company.
• Designing concepts and generate unique selling tools and edges by application of knowledge.
• Managing budgets and personnel and controlling progress.
• Communicate knowledge to farmers, sales department, in post doc education and congresses.
• Design and manage marketing- and sales strategies and business plans.
• Performing international consultancy.
• Involved in Dutch steering groups focused on strategic projects and feed evaluation.

Skills and competences

• Deep and wide expertise with respect to nutrition, husbandry, health, welfare, environment, food safety, and positive eating quality in cattle, pigs and poultry.
• Plenty experiences in validating all types of ingredient streams in safe and effective manners.
• Trained to set up and evaluate all types of feed additives.
  
• Innovative, enterprising, creative, analytical thinking, self employing.
• Focussed on practical solutions, result, customer orientated and resolute.
• Coaching leadership, good planning approach, effective expressing skills.
• Well skilled to develop new strategies and vision.
• Knowledge of foreign languages : English good, German and French fairly good.

Other interests and information

• Grown up on a dairy farm.
• Broad network in different sectors: research, advice, suppliers, government, civil organisations.
• Initiator and producer of big scale musicals in own residence ( 60 persons, 40 k€ budget ) and active supporting a local sports club and service club.
• Ambition to initiate and realise unique products and services together with other people.
• Drive to support successful innovations with helicopter view.
• Ready to spend part of the time travelling abroad.