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Brussels, Belgium
30 June 2008
At its Annual General Assembly held June 26th in Brussels,
EuropaBio confirmed the
appointment of Willy De Greef to become the new Secretary
General of EuropaBio following the retirement of Dr. Johan
Vanhemelrijck on July 1st 2008. Willy De Greef brings to
EuropaBio a unique combination of biotechnology experience,
European and international policy understanding and managerial
skills.
“One of the major challenges for real innovation is to be a part
of responsible change and convince decision makers to welcome
innovative improvements. If we can be successful in building
more confidence in the benefits of biotechnology solutions to
solve old problems, Europe will again play its leadership role
in improving the lives of its citizens” says Willy de Greef,
Secretary General of EuropaBio.
In welcoming the new Secretary General, Steen Riisgaard,
President and CEO of Novozymes said: “We are delighted to have a
highly experienced and deeply knowledgeable executive to lead
EuropaBio and we are confident that Willy will bring his
enthusiastic and dynamic leadership to build further on the
strengths of the association.”
The association also elected new Board Members, bringing the
number of representatives of companies and associations from
across Europe to 23 on the EuropaBio Board.
“The diverse membership of EuropaBio is the association’s
strength because it opens up opportunities for synergies and
partnerships that can help industries learn from each other, to
develop new markets, new products and new processes” says Willy
de Greef, Secretary General of EuropaBio.
New board members elected include:
- Mrs Jacqueline HUNTER, Senior Vice President and Head of
Neurology & GI Centre of Excellence for Drug - Discovery (CEDD),
GlaxoSmithKline
- Mr Serge ZYBACH, Head Diverse Field Crops, Syngenta
International AG
Mr. Hans KAST, President & CEO of BASF Plant Science and
EuropaBio board member was elected chair of the Agri-Food
Council.
Mr. Ian HUDSON, President, Europe, Middle East & Africa and
President DuPont de Nemours International, was re-elected as the
Chairman of the Industrial Biotech Council.
The following board members have been reelected to the Board for
2008-2010:
- Mr Evangelos Bonoris, Bionova
- Mrs Marina Delbue, Molmed
- Mr Bernward Garthoff, Bayer AG
- Dr Fernando Royo, AseBio
- Dr Tom Saylor, BioIndustry Association
- Prof. Dr. Arjen Van Tunen, Keygene
EuropaBio is the only EU level association representing the
biotechnology industry across a wide number of industrial
sectors and has been at the forefront of developing policies to
grow a strong biotechnology sector in Europe. |
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