Corbion Changes its Board of Management

Corbion’s Supervisory Board has nominated  today Tjerk de Ruiter as CEO, and Eddy van Rhede van der Kloot as CFO. Together with incoming CTO Sven Thormählen, they will constitute the Board of Management of Corbion with effect from 12 May 2014, subject to approval by shareholders.

Corbion announces that both Gerard Hoetmer and Koos Kramer, CEO and CFO since 2005 and 2006 respectively, will step down and will hand over their responsibilities at the AGM on 12 May, 2014.

 “On behalf of the entire Supervisory Board, I would like to welcome Tjerk and Eddy to the Board of Management of Corbion. Together with Sven Thormählen as CTO, they have the background and credentials to successfully lead Corbion through the next stage of its development as a bio-based products company,” said Rudy Markham, chairman of the Supervisory Board.

Corbion CEO Gerard Hoetmer added: “Over the past nine years, Corbion and its predecessor CSM have seen a massive change as it has transformed into a bio-based products company. It has been Koos’ and my privilege to lead this change. With the divestment of the Bakery Supplies completed and the new organization of Corbion in place, it is now time to hand over responsibilities to Tjerk, Eddy, and Sven.

We both look forward to following the continued success of the company in the future. In the coming months we will work with Tjerk, Eddy and Sven to make the handover process as smooth as possible.”

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