Tijssens takes over from Bercovici as IFIF chair
Ruud Tijssens, group director public and cooperative affairs, Agrifirm Group, was recently elected as IFIF’s new chair for 2022-2023.
The voting took place during the 34th General Assembly of the International Feed Industry Federation (IFIF), late last month.
Outgoing IFIF chair, Dr Daniel Bercovici, commented: “We are at a critical phase of implementing IFIF’s strategy in the face of important global challenges and opportunities in the feed and food chain and I believe Ruud is well placed to successfully lead the Federation."
Tijssens thanked Bercovici for “his outstanding leadership of IFIF over the last four years under which IFIF experienced strong growth in strategic projects and deeper relationships with international stakeholders while attracting a range of new members from across the globe.”
The new chair outlined the IFIF’s three strategic pillars, including the promotion of a balanced regulatory framework and support for innovation, sustainability with science-based standards to contribute to the measurement and management of the feed and livestock sector footprint, as well as education around best practice.
“We will continue to drive key initiatives, including IFIF’s Nutritional innovation work, capacity development for feed safety programs, as well as the IFIF FAO International Feed Regulators Meeting (IFRM) series.”
In addition, delegates appointed Dr Bruno Kaesler, CEO of Kaesler Nutrition, as the new IFIF Treasurer, and elected the following representatives and organizations to the IFIF Board of Directors for the 2022-2023 term:
- Mr Roberto Betancourt, Board Member, Brazilian Feed Industry Association (Sindirações)
- Dr Michael Binder, Vice President Sustainability Development, Evonik Industries AG
- Mr Asbjørn Børsting, President, European Feed Manufacturers' Federation (FEFAC)
- Mr De Wet Boshoff, Executive Director, Animal Feed Manufacturers Association (AFMA), South Africa
- Mr David Bray, President, Stock Feed Manufacturers’ Council of Australia (SFMCA) and Feed Ingredients & Additives Association of Australia (FIAAA)
- Dr Frank Chmitelin, Executive VP, Sales, Marketing & Customer Success, Adisseo
- Ms Frédérique Clusel, Managing Director, Phileo Lesaffre Animal Care
- Ms Constance Cullman, President & CEO, American Feed Industry Association (AFIA)
- Ms Melissa Dumont, Executive Director, Animal Nutrition Association of Canada (ANAC)
- Dr Bruno Kaesler, Managing Director, Kaesler Nutrition GmbH, Treasurer IFIF
- Mr Adriano Marcon, President & Group Leader, Cargill Animal Nutrition
- Mr Nicolas Martin, Sustainability and Public Affairs Director, METEX NØØVISTAGO
- Dr Colm Moran, Director European Regulatory Affairs, Alltech
- Dr David Nickell, Vice President Sustainability and Business Solutions, DSM
- Mr Joerg Seifert, Secretary General, EU Association of Specialty Feed Ingredients and their Mixtures (FEFANA)
- Mr Jesse Sevcik, Senior Director Global Government Affairs, Elanco Animal Health
- Dr Reinder Sijtsma, Director Government Relations & Regulatory Affairs, Nutreco
- Mr Ruud Tijssens, Group Director Public & Cooperative Affairs, Royal Agrifirm Group & IFIF Chairman
- Mr Zongli Wang, Secretary General, China Feed Industry Association (CFIA)
