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Appointment of Chief Executive Officer
Appointment of Chief Executive Officer.
About this update from Probiotix Health Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n ProBiot\n ix\n H\n eal\n th p\n l\n c\n \n \n \n \n (\"\n ProBiotix\" or the \"Company\")\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Appointment of Chief Executive Officer\n \n \n Experienced leader in the Probiotics industry to build business in its next phase of growth\n \n \n \n \n \n ProBiotix Health Plc (AQSE: PBX), a life sciences company developing clinically proven probiotic solutions to tackle chronic lifestyle diseases like high cholesterol, high blood pressure and atherosclerosis, announces the appointment of Steen Andersen as Chief Executive Officer (\"CEO\"). Steen will join the Company after completing his notice period with his current employer.\n This appointment is part of a long-planned strategy to appoint an\n experienced industry business leader to the Company to drive sales and profitability, leaving the current acting CEO to\n focus on finding and developing new technologies that will provide the pipeline of new products and applications to ensure future growth.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Steen has more than 30 years' experience in building businesses in the Probiotics industry, having been President of Deerland Probiotics and Enzymes, President and CEO of Bifodan, President and CEO of Fluxome, and Vice President of Human Health at Chr. Hansen. Deerland is a market leading turnkey probiotic solution provider acquired by ADM in November 2021 to help ADM\n meet the $775 billion global demand in health and wellness\n \n .\n Prior to joining Deerland, Steen was President and CEO of Bifodan, a market leading provider of ready to market probiotic dietary supplements and over the counter (OTC) pharma products. Bifodan was acquired by Deerland in November 2019. Steen was integral in building these businesses, increasing global reach, revenues, and profitability. Prior to this he worked as CEO and President at Fluxome, a young biotechnology company, and Vice President of Chr. Hansen's Health and Nutrition unit where he built an organisation and position in the market allowing the company to become a leading provider of probiotic solutions within the dietary supplement space.\n \n \n \n \n \n Steen brings experience of selling high value turnkey probiotic solutions as supplements and OTC solutions in international markets, building strategy and organisations, a wealth of industry contacts, and is well res...