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Team

In ons team zitten zowel experts uit de agrarische sector als mensen met goede kennis op het gebied van techniek, commercie en financiën.

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Algemeen Directeur | CEO

Rieks Smook

Wageningen UR: Agriculture college
International Business Development/Funding
Concept development

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Financial Director | CFO

Evelien Sturkenboom

Wageningen UR: Management Studies

Aeres Hogeschool Dronten: Bedrijfskunde & Agribusiness

Diverse financiële en duurzaamheidsfuncties bij Rabobank

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Commercial Director | CCO

Suzanne van den Eshof

TU Delft | MSc in Industrieel Ontwerpen

Marketing en commerciële functies bij FrieslandCampina

Marketing en Business Development bij Protix insect ingredients (scale-up)

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Operations Director | COO

Harald van Santen

University of Wolverhampton: BBA

Project en Programma Management bij Linde, Boskalis, Hema

Operations Management bij oa MediaMarkt/Saturn

Internationale ervaring (China)

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Agri Development Director

Bob Lambrechts

Wageningen UR: Animal Science
Feed development bij FrieslandCampina
Provimi on Pig(let)s, Ruminants and Chickens

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R&D Director

Ruud Heshof

Wageningen UR: Ph.D. in Systems and Synthetic Biology

Wageningen UR: Biological Chemistry/ Medical Research

Project leider Fermentatietechnologie bij HAN Hogeschool

Project Manager Procestechnologie bij NIZO

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R&D Food Application Scientist

Yafei Yu-Woudstra

Wageningen University: PhD & MSc in Food Science and Technology: PhD thesis: Protein extraction from Tomato leaves

Koopmans Foodcoatings and ingredients: R&D Food Technologist

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Research Associate

Madelief de Groot

Wageningen UR: BSc & MSc in Food Technology

Startup Analyst bij StartLife

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Technical Coordinator

Jon te Linteloo

Wageningen UR: BSc & MSc in Biosystems Engineering

Research Fellow at Instituto Italiano di Tecnologia

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Protein Specialist

Coen d'Ancona

Protein development and improvement

WUR | Fumi | Ynsect | No Palm Ingredient

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Founder / advisor

Prof. Johan Sanders

Emiritus Professor Wageningen UR: Biobased research
Sanovations, Bio circular concepts
Research Director AVEBE

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Inventor

Bram Koopmans

MSc Process technology
Water technology
International experience (Mexico)

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Agri advisor

Engelbert Heutink

Adviseur / Nutrionist
Nutreco /Hendrix UTD / For Farmers

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Senior process engineering

Tom van der Walle

Wageningen UR: Agricultural Engineering
Technology specialist RF Campina
Lead process engineer Mead Johnson

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