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Description

Operational leader with 25+ years of experience in agri-food, commodity-driven, and multicultural environments. Proven ability to lead complex transformations, turn around organizations, manage market risks, and deliver measurable results in SME/mid-cap or group subsidiary contexts. Operational multilingualism (5 languages) and field experience in West Africa, Northern Europe, and Central Europe.

Industry field of expertise

Languages

English
Native or bilingual
Dutch
Fluent
Spanish
Native or bilingual

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

La Roche-sur-Yon (up to 50km)

Groupe DIPRA-Hermouet
Executive Director
AGRICULTURE
April 2025 - November 2025 (7 months)
● Strategic and operational management of an agri-industrial group (trading, animal feed, energy)
● Supervision of subsidiaries: Hermouet SAS and DIPRA SAS
● Management of the executive committee, relationship with funders and institutions
Strategic planning corporate-strategy business-plan-development corporate-finance Negotiation
Euralis
Director of Grain Markets
AGRICULTURE
July 2021 - March 2025 (3 years and 8 months)
● Responsible for the grain margin representing ~80% of the agricultural division's EBITDA
● Management of a multidisciplinary team (trading, logistics, risk) – 10 FTEs
● Implementation of performance and risk management systems
● Administrator Maisica (Bayonne port) – member of OCEOL COMEX
Success: +50% collection margin, launch of GAIA (agroecology)
Business development Project management corporate-strategy
Intergrain B.V.
Freelance Broker
AGRICULTURE
January 2020 - June 2021 (1 year and 5 months)
● Brokerage and consulting in international agricultural markets
● Advisory on price hedging, sourcing strategies, and logistics optimization
supply-chain-management International sales Purchasing Consulting