New Executive Board Appointment at FrieslandCampina
Roelof Joosten has bee appointed as a member of the executive board of Royal FrieslandCampina with effect from 1st January 2012. Within the executive board he will be responsible as chief operating officer for the business group Ingredients. He has been responsible for this business group as executive director sine January 2011.
Roelof Joosten has been working at FrieslandCampina since November 2004. Until 1 January 2011, he was managing director of the operating company, FrieslandCampina Domo. Before joining FrieslandCampina, his previous employers included ICI and Unilever.
The FrieslandCampina Ingredients business group develops and produces nutritional and functional ingredients based on milk, whey, vegetable raw materials for industrial customers in the baby and infant nutrition sector, the food industry, the pharmaceutical industry and the young animal sector. The business group includes the operations of FrieslandCampina Domo, FrieslandCampina DMV, FrieslandCampina Kievit, FrieslandCampina Creamy Creation, FrieslandCampina Dairy Feed and DMV-Fonterra Excipients. In 2010, the business group reported revenue of Eur2.1 billion (21%of FrieslandCampina’s total revenue of Eur9.0 billion). FrieslandCampina Ingredients has 2,500 employees (13% of the total workforce of 19,500 employees).