Darrel Evans: 28th February 1944 – 12th may 2019 It is with great sadness that the Board of SugaRich have announced the passing of their founder and Chairman Darrel Evans at the age of 75.
Darrel started his career in London in the 1960s in the metal
recycling industry particularly the recovery of semi-precious metals. A chance opportunity when clearing a cocoa factory led him to realise the potential offered by the processing of former foodstuffs into animal feed. By the mid-1970s his company, Tramar D&M Limited had firmly established itself as one of the market leaders in this new industry through its premises in Marlow and Hermitage. Darrel purchased further premises near Brackley, South
Northamptonshire in the early 1990’s and by 1995 had consolidated all of his operations into what remains to this day, the largest site operated by the SugaRich Group. In the mid-1990’s, Darrel purchased Acorn Feeds Limited and in
2001 purchased an interest in AB Nutrition to add commodity trading to the expertise offered by the growing group of companies. He further added to this by purchasing SugaRich from Associated British Foods in 2005.
Darrel sold the Group to a management buy-out in 2010 at which
point the Group employed 110 people and had a turnover of £60million. After the sale, the new team led by Andrew Newton, merged a number of the companies, expanded the food manufacturer offering and drove expansion through organic growth and further acquisition. Today, SugaRich is the market leader with a turnover of £110m, employing over 200 people across 9 manufacturing sites and is the largest company of its type across Europe. Darrel continued to be a strong advocate of the new company, remaining as its Chairman until his death. Darrel will be greatly missed by all at SugaRich. He was a true
pioneer of the former foodstuff sector and instrumental in driving the change in our industry to the professional highly-regulated one of today. He is survived by his loving wife, three children, nine grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
ForFarmers CFO to Step Down in 2020 Arnout Traas, CFO and member of the Executive Board of ForFarmers N.V. has decided not to stand for reappointment at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on 24 April 2020, when his current tenure ends. Arnout Traas started as CFO at ForFarmers in August 2011. “After a very interesting period at ForFarmers, during which the company has grown substantially through, amongst others, acquisitions and during which the listing on the stock exchange also took place, I have decided not to be eligible for reappointment for a new term so that I can focus on other activities, such as non-executive tasks”, states Arnout Traas. Yoram Knoop, CEO ForFarmers: “We respect Arnout’s decision. He
has played a vital role in further professionalising ForFarmers and in the implementation of the acquisition strategy as of 2011. Arnout has also been instrumental during the transition of a cooperative to a stock listed company. In order to ensure a smooth transfer of tasks, ForFarmers will be starting up an executive search for his succession soon.”
Katie Stephen Joins Cargill Technical Pig Team Katie Stephen has joined Cargill UK’s pig nutrition team as a technical sales specialist. Based in Staffordshire, she is providing nutritional advice to pig producers across the UK and supporting the Cargill sales team with the new Neopigg®
Max starter feed range. She will also
be heading up technical sales for Cargill’s growing range of pig feed additives, promoting their use and benefits in piglet, grower, finisher and sow diets. After graduating in Animal Sciences from
the University of Aberdeen, Katie completed a Master of Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. As part of this, she carried out an industry focused research project into the environmental impacts of dietary protein sources on pig production systems, specifically UK grown proteins. She also has a particular interest in pig gut health and how feed
additives can be used successfully to help reduce medication and reliance on antibiotics, and to improve pig performance. In the past nine years Katie has gained commercial and technical
experience in leading UK and international nutrition companies, including Trouw and more recently ForFarmers. Her roles have included sales and technical manager for the UK and Europe.
ENGINEERING PROJECT MANAGER
We are looking to recruit a qualified Engineering Project Manager who will work across all of our production sites and be responsible for the installation of new process equipment and utilities and upgrades to manufacturing and infrastructure facilities in line with legislation and recognised codes of practice.
A degree in chemical, mechanical, electrical engineering or a similar engineering/manufacturing related discipline is required as is experience of project management and/or process engineering within a manufacturing environment. Must have a working knowledge of H&S regulations, ATEX/DSEAR and CDM and flexibility to travel to all company locations is required.
Further details on this role can also be found at
www.thebillingtongroup.com/careers
To apply please email your CV and covering letter to
recruitment@ebsgroup.co.uk
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