The supervisory board of ForFarmers N.V. nominates Theo Spierings as member of the Executive Board of ForFarmers for a period of one year, to be appointed by the general shareholders meeting. An extraordinary general meeting of shareholders will be convened for this, which is expected to take place in January 2023. Mr. Spierings will start his activities on 1 January 2023 and upon his appointment will hold the position of Chief Executive Officer. Theo Spierings has significant experience in the agricultural sector. He started with a study in food technology at the HAS in Den Bosch and complemented this with an MBA from Glasgow University. He began his career at Friesland Foods in 1986, where he led the merger with Campina as CEO several years later. Subsequently, from 2011 to 2019, Theo Spierings was CEO of Fonterra, the world player in the dairy industry located in New Zealand. Since then, he is helping companies transform and doing business in a sustainable manner. For this he launched The Purpose Factory. This consultancy firm focuses primarily on sustainably transforming enterprises operating in the agricultural sector.
The proposed appointment of Theo Spierings relates to the departure of the current CEO.