AIC Elects Angela Booth as new Chair The Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC) has announced the election of Angela Booth as its new Chair. Angela brings many years of broad


experience in the industry, including 8 years as Chair of the AIC Feed Executive Committee, Chair of the FEFAC Feed Safety Committee and a member of ACAF. She is currently Director of Feed Safety for AB Agri. “I’m delighted to be elected to the position of Chair of the AIC


Board, an organisation which continues to act as the leading voice for the UK agrisupply industry,” says Angela Booth. “We are facing unprecedented change in our industry, making AIC’s role as the leading voice for agrisupply trade members more vital than ever.” “AIC’s members are key in supporting arable and livestock


producers with their extensive knowledge and expert guidance. As it becomes more important than ever to both produce food efficiently and manage our natural resources, AIC will be a strong voice for its members in discussions with government, NGOs, and relevant bodies both in and outside the UK.”.


Nigel Hillyer Appointed as Process and Engineering Consultant to CFE Group CFE Group is pleased to announce that they have appointed Nigel Hillyer as Process and Engineering Consultant to the group. Nigel will bring a wealth of practice and knowhow to CFE Group; working closely with its experienced management and engineering teams across the UK and Irish markets. Nigel entered the animal feed industry in 1978 having served


seven years in the Royal Navy, joining as a Boy Seaman at fifteen and leaving as a qualified Electrical Engineer. He started as a Shift Engineer for Pauls & Whites at their Winsford


Cheshire Mill. During his twelve years with Pauls & Whites, Nigel undertook numerous production and engineering supervisory roles, eventually joining Criddle Billington Feeds in the Spring of 1990 as Production Manager for their Glazebury, Warringon mill. During his thirty years with the Billington Group, Nigel held


numerous management positions and, in 1997, he was appointed Technical Manager Engineering, responsible for the operational performance and engineering development across all the Carrs


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Billington Agriculture Operations sites. Throughout his time with the Carrs Billington Group, Nigel was


involved in the development of all operational capital investment projects (up to £3m in value), in the UK and USA. More recently, he designed and built bespoke heat treatment process plants, to produce protein supplements, on both sides of the Atlantic. Nigel is a very active member of the Feed Industry Trade


Association the Agricultural Industries Confederation and was most recently a co-author of the soon to be published Industry Guidance to Feed Mills for compliance with the DSEAR (Atex) Regulations. CFE Group looks forward to working with Nigel as the company continues to expand and develop its business.


Valentina Massa Elected as New EFFPA President On 30 September 2020 the EFFPA General Assembly elected Valentina Massa as the President of the European Former Foodstuff Processors Association. Massa is the Managing Director at DALMA Mangimi, the largest former foodstuff processor in Italy as well as a founding member of EFFPA. She succeeds Paul Featherstone, who was EFFPA’s president since the foundation of the association in 2014. EFFPA President Valentina Massa: “I am honored with the trust


and appreciation from the EFFPA members to lead the association in its ambition to produce safe and sustainable feed from former foodstuffs. The former foodstuff processing sector is determined to show to policy makers and chain partners that we hold the key to compound feed production with lower climate emissions and food manufacturing with reduced food waste in line with the Farm to Fork Strategy. Our role in the circular food economy is essential to come to more sustainable livestock production”. At the General Assembly on 30 September, EFFPA also elected


Guy Lannoy (VALORIA) as Vice-President. Lannoy is one of two EFFPA Vice-Presidents, next to Kees van Gorp (VIDO). Immediate past President Paul Featherstone will retire from the sector. Paul Featherstone: “It has been a great honour to have served as the


first President of EFFPA and to have been able to leave an international mark on the sector that I have worked in for over 30 years. In the past decades I have seen the sector grow into a fully recognised actor of the European feed chain. I leave the sector with great growth potential, considering its essential role in achieving food waste reduction ambitions and enhancing sustainable compound feed production”.


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