A new management team at Grobest
Taiwanese fish feed company, Grobest, which secured a partnership deal with global private equity fund, Permira, back in November 2018, has put a new management team in place.
Samson Li [pictured] is the new CEO.
Patricia Chou, who has worked in a range of listed companies in the US and Asia, has been named Grobest's chief financial officer (CFO), while Edward Gao is the feed company's new chief operations officer (COO), according to a report on Undercurrent News.
Li comes to Grobest with a strong background in animal nutrition.
In February 2018, he was appointed president of animal nutrition at Archer Daniels Midland (ADM). He previously served as managing director of Nutreco's Asian business unit and as a member of the Executive Committee of that Dutch group. He led Nutreco's expansion in the Asian animal and fish feed markets. Before that, he worked at Novus International as vice president, sales and marketing. He holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry with a minor in economics and an MBA from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Founded in 1974 and headquartered in Taiwan, Grobest has operations in Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, China, India, Indonesia, Philippines, and Malaysia.
In addition to a broad presence across Asia, Grobest produces functional feed products, focused on preventing and combating diseases as well as increasing yields.
The company also provides services and technical assistance to farmers throughout Asia, such as pond maintenance, water treatment, and soil and disease testing.
With the Permira funds behind it, the company wants to shift gear, it now has global growth ambitions.