Carsten Bennike, Executive Vice President, Natural Colors Division, to leave Chr. Hansen Holding A/S


Hoersholm, 2015-05-05 16:13 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --  

Company announcement No. 7/2015

Carsten Bennike, Executive Vice President of the Natural Colors Division will leave Chr. Hansen as of 30 June, 2015. Jørgen M. Erichsen will take over the position on 1 July, 2015. Carsten Bennike has been with Chr. Hansen since March 2011.

“During his four years at Chr. Hansen, Carsten has been instrumental in leading the transformation of the Natural Colors production platform and supply chain, as well as leading the integration of the sales and application organization in the Natural Colors Division. I would like to thank Carsten for his efforts and wish him all the best in his future career,” says CEO Cees de Jong.

“I’m pleased to welcome Jørgen M. Erichsen who - with his strong international background and experience within sales and marketing - will lead the Natural Colors Division during the next phase, in which we will strengthen the focus on commercial execution to drive the further conversion in key markets in Europe, Asia and the US.”

Jørgen M. Erichsen, comes from a position as Vice President Sales & Marketing, EMEA and member of the Global Executive Committee in Logitech International in Switzerland.

Jørgen M. Erichsen, age 52, holds a BSc in Economics from Copenhagen Business School and an Executive MBA from Tuck School of Business, US. Having worked abroad for the past 15 years (a.o. in the UK, the US and Switzerland), Jørgen has a truly international profile founded from various commercial and managerial roles with Logitech, Colgate Palmolive, P&G, McCann Erickson, and Royal Unibrew.

 

For further information, please contact:

Anders Mohr Christensen, Senior Director, Investor Relations
Tel: +45 4574 7618

Klara Halkjaer, Head of Media Relations

Tel: +45 4574 7474

 

About Chr. Hansen

Chr. Hansen is a global bioscience company that develops natural ingredient solutions for the food, nutritional, pharmaceutical and agricultural industries. The products include cultures, enzymes, probiotics and natural colors, and all solutions are based on strong research and development competencies coupled with significant technology investments. Revenue in the 2013/14 financial year was EUR 756 million. The company holds a leading market position in all its divisions: Cultures & Enzymes, Health & Nutrition and Natural Colors. It has more than 2,500 dedicated employees in 30 countries and main production facilities in Denmark, France, USA and Germany. Chr. Hansen was founded in 1874 and is listed on Nasdaq Copenhagen. For further information, please visit www.chr-hansen.com.