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Organto Announces Appointment of Gert Jan van Noortwijk to the Board of Directors
Seasoned Industry Executive Adds Extensive Global Supply Chain and Agribusiness Expertise ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Organto Announces Appointment of Gert Jan van Noortwijk to the Board of DirectorsSeasoned Industry Executive Adds Extensive Global Supply Chain and Agribusiness Expertise VANCOUVER, BC and BREDA, THE NETHERLANDS / ACCESSWIRE / December 8, 2020 / Organto Foods Inc. (TSXV:OGO)(OTC PINK:OGOFF)(FSE:OGF) (\"Organto\" or \"the Company\"), a leading provider of organic and value-added organic fruits and vegetables today announced that Mr. Gert Jan van Noortwijk, a seasoned agribusiness executive with over thirty years of global supply chain experience, has been appointed to the Organto board of directors, subject to acceptance by the TSX Venture Exchange.Mr. van Noortwijk brings extensive strategic global agribusiness and supply chain expertise to Organto with deep expertise in raw material procurement, product handling, logistics, currency and commodity hedging and business development, all key activities for Organto as it continues to build out its global organic fruits and vegetables platform. During his career Mr. van Noortwijk has served in progressively responsible leadership roles with a number of agribusinesses including Continental Grain, Groupe Souflett, Allgrains and Agribrokers International, and was responsible for the sourcing, supply and commercialization of a wide variety of globally sourced food products. Mr. van Noortwijk has served on a number of industry associations over his career including as President of the International Grains and Feed Trade Association, and he also has extensive board level experience as he continues to serve on the boards of a number of privately held agribusiness organizations. Mr. van Noortwijk is fluent in Dutch, English, French and German and resides in the Netherlands.\"We are extremely pleased to have Gert Jan join our board at this exciting time in our Company's history. His deep understanding of our markets and supply chains, combined with his deep knowledge of the global agribusiness industry will be invaluable for our organization as we accelerate our growth plans.\" commented Steve Bromley, Chair and Co-CEO. \"We are most pleased that Gert Jan will be part of our team and look forward to utilizing his considerable global agribusiness experience as we expand our supply operations around the globe to meet the continued growth in demand for healthy and organic foods.\"Organto also wa...