Former FrieslandCampina executive joins Agrifirm as CFO
Agrifirm Group has appointed Stefan Bulthuis as its chief financial officer (CFO), with effect from April this year.
He will take over in the role from Margret Kleinsman, who has chosen not to extend her term of office. She joined Agrifirm as CFO in January 2020 but has decided to exit the company at the end of March.
Bulthuis started out as an accountant with Deloitte, after completing his studies in business administration. In 2000, he made the switch to FrieslandCampina. There he spent a total of 18 years working in the role of finance director for parts of the company including WAMCO Nigeria, consumer products Benelux, and, finally, the cheese, butter, and milk powder business unit, which generates a turnover of €3bn, has 23 factories and employs 3,600 staff.
In 2018 Stefan took up the post of CFO of Prinsen Berning, a producer of sports nutrition and dietary products and which is a portfolio company of private-equity investor, Bencis.