Mrs. Kalkwijk graduated from the Agricultural University of Wageningen in her home country the Netherlands, and has since made a successful career in the food industry.
Until 1 October of this year, Mrs. Kalkwijk will be President of Global Manufacturing Operations for Dawn Foods, an American family business of bakery ingredients and frozen bakery products produced in 17 factories, seven of which are in Europe, serving a customer base of bakers, foodservice, retail and industry, that creates a revenue of 1.8 billion US dollars net sales. Mrs. Kalkwijk joined Dawn Foods in 2011 as VP Operations and Supply Chain for Europe and AMEAP (Africa, Middle East, Asia Pacific), where she was responsible for purchasing, production, supply chain, quality, regulatory and safety, and achieved strong results year after year.
Prior to 2011, she spent 20 years with FrieslandCampina. She worked in a variety of Plant Manager and Operations Manager roles, in different European countries. She has lived and worked in the Netherlands, Poland, Russia and Germany before her promotion to Group Operations Director for Butter in 2008.
Philippe Haspeslagh, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ardo expressed his satisfaction with her appointment: “After a careful selection process by the Board of Directors and the shareholders, we are pleased that Mrs. Kalkwijk is taking on the exciting challenge of leading Ardo. In addition to the wealth of international experience that Mrs. Kalkwijk has gained in the food industry, we were particularly impressed by her leadership qualities in both developing people and creating results.”
Mrs. Kalkwijk adds: “I could not ignore the challenge of becoming Ardo's CEO. The entrepreneurship of the Haspeslagh family is contagious. I love the products and the vision of the company, that clearly values quality and sustainability. There is a huge future for those who, like Ardo, are innovative in the plant-based food industry and efficient in creating products. To that end, I see the development of the organization and its people as my most important task."
For more information:
Heidi Goovaerts
Ardo
Tel: +32 476 989871
Email: [email protected]
www.ardo.com/en
