The Board of Directors of AVEBE U.A. is pleased to announce that Mr. J.L. de Rooij has been appointed Agro Director, succeeding Addy Risseeuw. He will be joining the company on February 1st, 2008.
Mr. De Rooij (40) graduated from Professional Agricultural University Dronten and subsequently went on to
complete the business administration programme at Nijenrode University.
He gained experience in various positions in the area of consumption and seed potatoes at the companies Wolf &Wolf B.V. and Agrico. Since 1996 he has worked at PepsiCo International, where as Agro Manager he was responsible for the development of the agricultural strategy and the procurement and supply of potatoes for the potato crisp production locations in Western and Eastern Europe.
Mr. De Rooij (40) graduated from Professional Agricultural University Dronten and subsequently went on to
complete the business administration programme at Nijenrode University.
He gained experience in various positions in the area of consumption and seed potatoes at the companies Wolf &Wolf B.V. and Agrico. Since 1996 he has worked at PepsiCo International, where as Agro Manager he was responsible for the development of the agricultural strategy and the procurement and supply of potatoes for the potato crisp production locations in Western and Eastern Europe.