Royal Agrifirm Group has started the process to name a new CEO.
Dick Hordijk has held the CEO position since June 2016, but he and the company’s supervisory board have jointly decided that as Royal Agrifirm group is developing a new strategy for 2025-28, the time is right for a new person to take on the CEO role.
Hordijk will remain the CEO until January 1, 2025, to complete the current strategic period.
The company said it hopes to announce plans for Hordijk’s successor “within a few weeks.”
Headquartered in the Netherlands, Agrifirm is the world’s 39th largest feed company, having produced 3.2 million metric tons of feed during the past year.
About Dick Hordijk
Hordijk became CEO of Royal Agrifirm Group in June 2016. Over the past eight years, he led Agrifirm through two strategic planning periods, ensuring that Royal Agrifirm Group has always remained current in this rapidly changing industry.
Under his stewardship, Agrifirm has become a leading cooperative that guides members on sustainability, innovation and utilizing earning capacity, the company stated. He has steered Agrifirm’s development into an organization that is focused on this changing future and is truly delivering a responsible food chain for future generations.
“We are sincerely grateful to Dick for his tremendous contribution and inspiration and for taking Agrifirm in a new direction over the past eight years. We will reflect at length on his departure and his outstanding achievements in due course,” the company stated.
“But for the next few months, our full focus will be on continuing to provide maximum support for our customers and on working together to achieve the plans for 2024.”
