Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
March 25, 2009
The retained executive search firm
of Kincannon & Reed is
increasing its global capabilities with the recent addition of
four new Managing Directors.
“Kincannon & Reed is enjoying strong growth through a steadily
increasing number of assignments from organizations around the
world,” said Kincannon & Reed president Greg Duerksen. “We are
bullish on the potential for continued growth in 2009, as
current economic conditions make it imperative that
organizations recruit superior talent. The need for leadership
has never been greater. These new team members improve our
ability to serve clients in global assignments as well as
respond to local needs in their respective geographies.”
Joining the firm are:
 Tobias Eichberg,
based in Darmstadt, Germany
Mr. Eichberg is an expert in the agricultural equipment
sector. He began his career as a sales and marketing
director for a family-owned agricultural machinery company
and progressed to DLG (German Agricultural Society). At DLG,
he was the Division Manager and Deputy CEO for the Test
Center for Agricultural Machinery and Equipment. Later he
expanded and managed Agritechnica, now the world’s largest
trade show for agricultural equipment and technology, with
340,000 attendees.
Remy Goetgheluck, based in Lyon, France
Mr. Goetgheluck has spent his entire career in the
agribusiness industry. He led the integration of insecticide
activities during the merger of Hoechst and Schering to form
AgrEvo in 1994, and later when Hoechst AG and Rhône Poulenc
SA were combined to form Aventis in 2000. Mr. Goetgheluck
has been an active member of the Executive Committee of
AgrEvo and Board Member of Bilag, a joint venture of Bayer
CropScience based in India. Most recently he ran Bayer’s
€1.4 billion global insecticide business. He is an Ingénieur
Agronome from the National Agronomy Institute in Paris and
holds an MBA from INSEAD.
 Jürgen Reckefuss, based in Melbourne, Australia
Mr. Reckefuss has had a long and successful career in the
pharmaceutical and agribusiness industries, beginning with
the Schering Pharmaceutical division in Latin America and
continuing in Europe and the Middle East. He headed the
agribusiness unit for Schering in Australia and New Zealand
and participated in the formation of AgrEvo, becoming a
Managing Director. He was invited to join the Board of the
National Registration Authority (NRA) and serves as Adjunct
Professor of the University of Queensland.
 Henk van Wielink, based in the Netherlands
Mr. van Wielink’s expertise lies within the vegetable and
flower seed industry. He began his career at Royal Sluis, a
pioneer and leader in hybrid vegetable and flower breeding.
At Seminis, Mr. van Wielink became general manager of the
Dutch business unit and the European production and
logistics center, and later was promoted to senior vice
president of production and logistics. He is a graduate of
the Agricultural College in Dordrecht, Netherlands and the
Institute of Nijenrode.
Kincannon & Reed is the only retained executive search firm
focused exclusively on the food, agribusiness, and life sciences
sectors. Founded in 1981, the company serves clients throughout
the world from its offices in the Americas, Europe and
Asia/Pacific. |
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