Changes to the Supervisory Board of East-West Seed bring fresh perspectives

We are pleased to announce that Mary Sue Rogers and Maaike Groot have been appointed as new members of our Supervisory Board.

Ard Groot, Chairman of the Supervisory Board: “I am pleased to welcome Mary Sue and Maaike to our board. The recent period dominated by Covid-19 has been challenging, and made us accelerate the pace of our business transformation. By bringing new ideas and perspectives, our two new Members will help make this transformation a success.” 

Bert van der Feltz, CEO, adds; “This appointment signals our push towards greater diversity and inclusion, in all teams and at all levels. East-West Seed is truly multicultural and has a global footprint. Reason why we need diverse voices, also in positions of power. And not only hear, but deeply understand and respond to the needs of our staff, our grower-customers and their communities. This way we will continue to adapt and innovate.

Diverse teams outperform, so we need to make sure every single East-West employee really feels part of a team, feels respected and listened to. Once we get there, everyone on our staff will give his or her very best. Diversity stretches beyond gender; it includes race, religion and all those other unique traits that makes humankind so special.”