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Finance department
August 2021
On August 2nd, Edyta Pawlowska started in our finance department.
Regional Sales Manager
On June 1st
Nataliya Kyslitska Quistgaard started as Regional sales Manager in our Feed Solutions department.
Nataliya has an agricultural background from Ukraine and Denmark and has more than 10 years of experience in the agro sector in Denmark, including a position as Area Sales Manager at Porc-ex and Aco Funki. Nataliya has great knowledge of and experience with integrators in Eastern Europe and Russia. In addition to her mother language Ukrainian, Nataliya also speaks English, Russian and Danish.
New grain trader
On September 1st at the latest
Lars Birch Kristensen will join R2 Agro as grain trader. Lars comes from a position as Grain Manager at Hedegaard A/S; furthermore he previously had the position as Agro Manager at Overgaard Agro.
Lars´ primary focus will be – in close co-operation with his Swedish colleague Magnus Sandberg – to trade all sorts of grain products in the European markets and to purchase grain for our own production in Hedensted.
A passionate Businessman celebrates his 25th anniversary on the 1st of May
1st of May 2021 – PRESS RELEASE
After many years abroad - England, Sri Lanka and Mexico respectively - Peter Skou in 1996 returned to Denmark and commenced his career in Rode & Rode A/S (now R2); his responsibility was to further develop the food ingredients department.
After a successful development and structure of this department, Peter Skou became partner in 1998. His visionary and commercial insight has been an essential reason for the positive development of R2 Group Holding and its companies during the years: thus the strong basis of the company - based on a large diversity in business activities – has been ensured.
Peter´s large network and his commercial skills were also an essential reason for the successful sale of the food ingredients division to a foreign company in 2015; he continued for a short period in the sold company, however, as the R2 companies were in Peter´s DNA he returned and is today Commercial Director and Chairman of R2 Agro and Chairman of Nuco Invest.
During the years, Peter has been – and still is - a member of several boards both in Denmark and abroad, e.g. in the European Association for the chemical distribution, FECC. Today he is Deputy Chairman in the Commercial Committee in Vejle Kommune, Chairman of BusinessVejle, board member of DAKOFO (Danish Association of the Grain and Feed trade), and Chairman of “Vejle Iværksætter- og Erhvervsfond.”
Peter is a very passionate person – he works dedicated and professionally with everything, he involves himself in. He knows how to ”nurse” his large network and is at the same time a real family man. He appreciates his time with his wife Dorthe and their four children – and they enjoy to spend time in their holiday cottages in Skagen and Spain. He is very passionate about football and besides from being a huge fan of Vejle Football Club, he follows Liverpool just as close.
Due to Corona it is not possible to organize a big reception, therefore Peter will be celebrated internally in the company and privately.
Appointment
April 2021
It is with great pleasure that we can announce that Lars Laursen has been appointed as Head of Sales for Feed Ingredients. With this appointment we are well prepared for our future tasks, both in Denmark and internationally. The markets are rapidly developing: new raw materials, alternatives to traditional products and product constellation which we have not seen before.
As of April 1st, The commercial management team consists of:
- Jesper Møller Nielsen, Head of Sales, Feed Supplements
- Jonas Nue Kjeldsen, Grain Manager
- Lars Laursen, Head of Sales, Feed Raw Materials & Ingredients
The three gentlemen in the picture are from the left: Jonas Nue Kjeldsen, Jesper Møller Nielsen, Lars Laursen.
New Colleagues
April 2021
As per April 1st, we have welcomed three new colleagues
Tina Møller Nielsen
Quality
Lene Ravn Jensen
Logistics & Sales
Anna Skovlund Mikkelsen
Logistics & Sales
New Sales Consultant
Marts 2021
On March 1st, Tania Seierø started as our new Sales Consultant with focus on our products for the horse segment. Tania has great knowledge in this area, both due to her education and because of her great interest in the horse business. During her previous employments she has gained great knowledge about natural products and the use of/effect for animals in general.
Sales Consultant
Direct: +45 7674 1223
Mobile: +45 2018 6952
tse@r2agro.com
New Development & Quality Manager
February 2021
On February 1st, Grete Brunsgaard, Agronomist and Ph.D., started as our new Development & Quality Manager. She comes from a similar position at European Protein.
Grete will join our management group and will thus replace Karsten C. Kjeldsen in this forum. Karsten wishes to focus on projects and product development in R2 Agro during the next couple of years instead of having management responsibilities. We have of course accepted his wish and we are confident that with both Grete and Karsten in the team, we will have strong specialist back-up and support to the commercial department.
Outsourcing of Marketing
January 2021
We have chosen to outsource our marketing department to the company ”Stormes Grafisk” owned by Mette Stormes. The primary reason for this is that we will have a more flexible marketing department. Mette is self-employed but she will come to Hedensted on a regular basis in order to be a part of our house and get to know the colleagues and our culture.
New Regional Sales Manager in the Middle East
December 2020
On December 1st, 2020, Ahmed Mohamed Sabry Elkafory started as our Regional Sales Manager in the Middle East. Ahmed lives in Egypt and shall help boost the development in the Middle East.
