Press Release

Ho Chi Minh City, October 18th 2016

ROYAL DE HEUS APPOINTS TON HOVERS AS

DIRECTOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ASIA
On October 1st Ton Hovers joined De Heus as Director Business Development
Asia. With the appointment of Ton Hovers, De Heus Asia strengthens its
management with a director with broad experience and knowledge in the
international Food & Agriculture, especially in the Animal Nutrition sector in
Asia. With this step De Heus Asia emphasizes its ambition to accelerate the
growth of De Heus throughout Asia.
Ton Hovers will be responsible for the procurement of micros (vitamins, minerals,
amino acids and feed additives), coordination of De Heus Asias export activities and
the development and implementation of strategic projects for De Heus Asia.
Born in a small village in the Netherlands, Ton Hovers obtained a Master degree in
Agricultural Science from Wageningen University. Previously, he was Chief
Operations Officer for BEC Feed Solutions, a leading premix company in Australia.
His experience also includes positions with Windmill Holland, Hendrix Voeders,
Nordos International and Trouw Nutrition International. He was part of the team to
set-up the 1st premix factory for Nutreco/ Trouw Nutrition in Jakarta, Indonesia in
2008. He brings over 20 years of experience, knowledge and capabilities in setting
up and developing businesses in Asia.
Ton Hovers about his new position: Royal De Heus is a strong entrepreneurial
company with an ambition that motivates me, contributing to the further
professionalization and agricultural development of the independent farmers in Asia.
I look forward to put in practise all my agricultural knowledge and experience to
create added value in new nutritional categories and regional areas and to get
access to these new territories. Ton Hovers will relocate from Brisbane Australia to
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam early 2017. He will report to Gabor Fluit, Business Group
Director De Heus Asia.
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For any questions about this press release please contact Gideon Hung, Marketing Manager De Heus
Asia, e-mail gideon.hung@deheus.com, telephone +84 938 300 327 or Joost Belt, Global Director
Marketing & Corporate Communication, e-mail jbelt@deheus.com, telephone +31 6 294 41 955
Royal De Heus is a multinational family company. Founded in 1911, Royal De Heus has expanded to
become one of the largest players in the animal feed industry. With locations in Netherlands,
Vietnam, Brazil, Poland, Czech Republic, Serbia, Spain, Portugal, South Africa, Myanmar, and joint
ventures in Egypt, Ethiopia, Russia and China, we have reached a key position globally. We strive to
offer an active contribution to the development and progress of agriculture in all the markets in which
we are active.
Additionally, De Heus is active on many foreign markets through the export of concentrates and
premixes, the main ones being Eastern Europe, Africa, the Middle East and South America. The
company globally has over 4000 employees. Its head office is located in Ede (the Netherlands). Its
head office for the activities in Asia is located in Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)