Mr. Mayntz is the fourth-generation owner of the German fruit processing company Göbber GmbH and President of the Fruit sector of the BOGK, the German Association of the Fruit, Vegetable and Potato Processing Industry.
The new President will be supported by two Vice-Presidents. Outgoing President, Mr Jean-Bernard Bonduelle has been nominated Vice-President for the Vegetable Section within PROFEL. Mr. Jean-Bernard Bonduelle is Director of External Relations for the Bonduelle Group and acting President of Unilet, the French inter-professional organisation of vegetable processors and producers and also President of UPPIA, the Inter-professional Union for the Promotion of the Canning Industry. Mr Julio Perez Ruiz, CEO of the Spanish Helios Group and currently Chairman of PROFEL’s Fruit Preserves Group, has been appointed as Vice-President for the Fruit Section within PROFEL.
From left to right: Mr M. Mayntz (PROFEL President), Mrs A. Rutsaert (PROFEL Secretary-General), Ms S. Selandari (PROFEL Regulatory Affairs Manager), Mr JB. Bonduelle (PROFEL Vice-President Vegetables), Mr J. Perez (PROFEL Vice-President Fruit)
Together with the Secretariat in Brussels, the Presidency team will ensure that the new internal Strategic Agenda, adopted at the occasion of the General Assembly, will be executed. An important element of the Strategic Agenda is the recognition of the need for PROFEL to strengthen its contact building in Brussels and to communicate more on the sector’s assets and its activities.
It was noted that European governments, opinion-leaders and consumers still appear to be poorly informed about the potential held by frozen and canned fruit and vegetables to provide a wide range of tasty foods that:
- are highly nutritious and can significantly contribute to improving diets
- can help to reduce food waste by convenient portions and longer shelf-life
- are seasonally produced in Europe, from European agriculture
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