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NEW APPOINTMENTS

ALLER AQUA APPOINTS COOKE AQUACULTURE INC. APPOINTS
NEW SALES MANAGER FOR PHILIP WIESE AS MANAGING DIRECTOR OF
D-A-CH EAST COAST AQUACULTURE OPERATIONS

Aller Aqua has appointed Hendrik Cooke Aquaculture Inc. is very pleased
Sörensen as its new Sales Manager for to announce the appointment of Philip
D-A-CH, and eventually the replacement Wiese as Managing Director of East Coast
for Alexander Tautenhahn as he retires. “Mr Aquaculture Operations in Canada.
Sörensen will continue our outstanding customer service and Mr. Wiese joins family-owned Cooke
will to the best of his abilities utilize his in-depth knowledge from his most recent leadership role as
and practical approach to aquaculture”, says Aller Aqua’s Sales Chief Executive Officer at Huon Aquacul-
Director for Western Europe Tom Krog Nielsen. ture Group Limited, Australia’s second largest, vertically inte-
Mr Sörensen holds a master’s degree in Aquaculture Science grated salmon farming company employing 800 Tasmanians.
and Sea-Ranching from the University of Rostock and has Wiese brings significant aquaculture expertise to Cooke
previously worked as farm manager at Tessiner Edelfisch and having successfully delivered for nearly 15 years with Huon
lately as farm manager and deputy CEO at Fresh Völklingen. including as Chief Financial Officer with responsibility for finan-
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cial management, information technology, human resources
and operations.
IFF APPOINTS NICOLAS GEBARA AS Circle 40 on enquiry card
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, COMMERCIAL
AND FLAVORS SYNGENTA GROUP ANNOUNCES LEADER-
IFF announced that Nicolas Gebara has SHIP TRANSITION
been named senior vice president, Com- Syngenta Group today announced succession plans for its
mercial and Flavors, Nourish, effective July leadership team. Jeff Rowe, currently President, Global Seeds,
1, 2022. In his 23 years at IFF, Gebara will take over the leadership of Syngenta Crop Protection, ef-
has held various roles, most recently serv- fective July 1, 2022. His former role will be assumed by Justin
ing as vice president, North America for Wolfe, currently Regional Director North America Seeds. As
Nourish. members of the Group Leadership Team, the two will report
In this newly created role, Gebara will streamline flavors to CEO Erik Fyrwald. Jeff will relocate to Basel, Switzerland;
and global sales across the division’s expanded portfolio, de- Justin will continue to be based in Downers Grove, Illinois, USA.
livering product designs finely tuned to changing consumer Jon Parr, President, Global Crop Protection, will retire on
and market needs. Gebara will report to Nicolas Mirzayantz, September 30, after a 35-year tenure at the company, in-
president, Nourish, IFF. cluding the last seven years as head of the global crop pro-
“When we established Nourish in February 2021, we created tection business.
a new paradigm in our industry,” said Mirzayantz. “We have the Jeff Rowe was instrumental for the successful turnaround
leading position in nearly all high-value categories we play in of the Seeds business, with outstanding growth and return
and have demonstrated strong business performance, despite to profitability. Most recently,
recent headwinds and a challenging macro environment. ”
Circle 41 on enquiry card Justin Wolfe’s leadership and focus on strong commercial
execution were key to significant business growth and market
share gains in North America. He joined Syngenta in 2018 as
DMK GROUP APPOINTS NEW COO FOR Regional Director EAME Seeds, where he successfully led the
THE INDUSTRY BUSINESS UNIT creation of the specialized Seeds business.

Frans Vlaar (57) will take over the po- With increasing ambitions for Syngenta Group’s Vegetable
sition of Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Seeds and Flowers business, Matthew Johnston will continue
the Industry Business Unit within the DMK in his current global role as Head of Vegetable Seeds and
Group on 01.08.2022. The Dutchman Flowers, now reporting directly to CEO Erik Fyrwald as from
succeeds Alexander Godow, who left the July 1, 2022.
company last year for a career change at
his own request.
Vlaar joins from Centrient Pharmaceuticals, a Nether-
lands-based global business-to-business leader in sustain-
able generic pharmaceuticals. There he was most recently
responsible as Chief Commercial Officer and a member of
the Executive Leadership Team. He holds a master’s degree in
chemical engineering, is considered an experienced manager
and brings many years of expertise in general management,
strategy, commercial excellence and innovation management.
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