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Supervisory Board of Nunza BV decides on the succession of the Chairman of the Management Board of Nunza
Nunhems, The Netherlands
November 6, 2000

In its meeting of November 2, last, the Supervisory Board of Nunza BV has decided on the succession of the Chairman of the Management Board of Nunza in the middle of 2001, as well as an extension of the Board per January 1, next.

The succession of Mr. Ir. Henk Lange as Chairman of the Management Board upon his retirement on June 30, 2001, will be provided by the appointment of Mr. Ir. Lykele van der Broek, who at present holds the position of managing Director Asia Pacific and Business Strategy in the Management Board. Until his employment by Nunza on February 1, 1999, Mr. Van der Broek held several positions with, among others, the Royal VanderHave Group, later Advanta.

Furthermore, with effect from January 1, 2001, Mr. Douwe Zijp will join the Management Board and assume the position of Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Zijp is Nunza's Group Controller since January 1, 1998, the date of his start with Nunza. Before that date, he held several positions at AgrEvo, a predecessor of Aventis CropScience.

Until Mr. Lange's retirement, Nunza's Management Board will be composed of:

  • Ir. Henk Lange, CEO and Chairman of the Management Board
  • Ing. Ko Remijnse, Managing Director Europe, Middle East and Africa
  • Pieter van Kesteren, Managing Director Americas
  • Ir. Lykele van der Broek, Managing Director Asia Pacific and Business Strategy
  • Dr. Ir. Orlando de Ponti, Managing Director R&D
  • Douwe Zijp, Chief Financial Officer.

Nunza is the holding company of a leading, international group of vegetable seed companies that is globally active in research, breeding, production and processing as well as marketing and sales of high quality vegetable varieties for the professional grower and the processing industry. Nunza operates in the market under the brand names Nunhems and Sunseeds. Nunza employs about 1000 people and has operating units in more than 20 countries. Nunza is a stand-alone company of Aventis CropScience.

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