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After 12 years at Rijk Zwaan Welver (Germany), 8 of which as a director, and, following that, nearly 24 years as a director of the Rijk Zwaan Group with commercial matters and production as his area of special attention, co-shareholder Anton van Doornmalen will stand down as a member of the Board of Directors of vegetable seeds company Rijk Zwaan with effect from 1st July 2009. On that date he will be succeeded by the present assistant-director commercial organisation, Marco van Leeuwen. Together with Ben Tax and Kees Reinink, Van Leeuwen will form the three-headed executive team of Rijk Zwaan.

 

Marco van Leeuwen (left) and Anton van Doornmalen

From 1st July 2009 Van Doornmalen will remain fully active within Rijk Zwaan. Apart from becoming chairman of the Advisory Board and holding several internal executive positions, he will be active in particular in the area of international commercial innovation, chain projects and large accounts. He will also continue to represent Rijk Zwaan in the national and international trade organisations. Van Doornmalen will continue to work within Rijk Zwaan for, on average, 3 days a week.

Marco van Leeuwen joined Rijk Zwaan in 1993 and has been assistant-director commercial organisation since 2004. Within this function he has gained ample experience in commercial matters and seed production activities of Rijk Zwaan, at home and abroad. Van Leeuwen was closely involved with, for instance, founding the Rijk Zwaan subsidiaries in Italy, Chile and Morocco and for one year he was interim director of Rijk Zwaan Nederland.

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