Addendum

Executive Board

Mr W. Dekker (1956)
Dutch
Chairman of the Executive Board and Chief Executive Officer
Appointed: 1 July 2000

Mr W. Dekker started his career in the Group as Research and Development Manager for Trouw International’s fish business in 1983. From 1988 till 1991 he managed the Chilean business and returned to the Netherlands to assume various managerial positions. He joined the Executive Board of Nutreco on 1 January 1996 and became Chief Operating Officer on 1 January 1999. Mr W. Dekker was appointed Chief Executive Officer on 1 July 2000.

Mr W. Dekker obtained a Master’s degree in Zootechnology at the Agricultural University of Wageningen.

Mr W. Dekker is a member of the Supervisory Board of Macintosh Retail Group N.V.


Mr C.J.M. van Rijn (1947)
Dutch
Member of the Executive Board and Chief Financial Officer
Appointed: 16 November 2001

Mr C.J.M. van Rijn started in 1974 with Nutricia (currently part of the Danone Group), where he assumed different financial and marketing management positions. In 1985 he joined Verto as Financial Director of its steel cable division. In 1991 he moved to the McCain Group as CFO of McCain Foods Northern Europe. From 1997 till 2001 he was the CFO of Sara Lee Meats Europe, a division of the Sara Lee Corporation. He was appointed Chief Financial Officer of Nutreco Holding N.V. on 16 November 2001.

Mr C.J.M. van Rijn graduated from the Erasmus University of Rotterdam in Economy and Dutch Law.

Mr C.J.M. van Rijn is a member of the Supervisory Boards of Farm Frites Beheer B.V. and Plukon Royale B.V. and a member of the Board of Trustees and the Audit Committee of the Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum (LUMC).


Mr K. Nesse (1967)
Norwegian
Member of the Executive Board and Executive Vice-President
Appointed: 30 June 2009, for a first term of four years, expiring on 30 June 2013

Mr K. Nesse started his career in 1992 with the Scana group in Stavanger as Chief Accountant and joined Skretting Norway in 1995 as Chief Accountant. In 1997 he moved back to the Scana group to take up a two-year assignment as Finance Director of their joint venture in China and returned to Skretting in 1999, first as Controller and subsequently in various management positions. In 2005 he moved to Chile as Managing Director of Skretting Chile and was appointed in April 2006 to the position of Managing Director of the Skretting Salmon Feed business. On 30 June 2009 Mr K. Nesse was appointed Executive Vice-President and member of the Executive Board of Nutreco Holding N.V.

Mr K. Nesse obtained in 1991 a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management from the Norwegian School of Management, where he subsequently attended the Management Program in Project Management, and obtained an Executive MBA degree in Business Management and Cost Performance from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, where he subsequently also attended the Senior Management Program.

Mr K. Nesse is Chairman of the Board of BluePlanet AS (Norway).


Mr F.J. Tielens (1962)
Dutch
Member of the Executive Board and Executive
Vice-President
Appointed: 30 June 2009, for a first term of four years, expiring on 30 June 2013

Mr F.J. Tielens began his career in 1988 with AkzoNobel’s Chemicals Division, where he held positions of increasing responsibility until 1998. From 1999 to 2004 he was General Manager of Organon, AkzoNobel’s Pharma Division, in Venezuela and Germany. In 2005 he assumed the position of President of Diosynth Biotechnology in the USA and was Executive Vice-President of Global Business Development for Organon/Schering Plough in the USA until 2008. On 2 January 2009 Mr F.J. Tielens joined Nutreco in the Netherlands as Managing Director of the Business Group Trouw Nutrition. On 30 June 2009 Mr F.J. Tielens was appointed Executive Vice-President and member of the Executive Board of Nutreco Holding N.V.

Mr F.J. Tielens graduated in 1988 from the Erasmus University Rotterdam with a Master of Science degree in Business Economics.


Mr J.A. Vergeer (1963)
Canadian
Member of the Executive Board and Executive
Vice-President
Appointed: 30 June 2009, for a first term of four years, expiring on 30 June 2013

Mr J.A. Vergeer has over 20 years of experience in the agri business industry. He began his career with Maple Leaf Foods (Canada) in 1984, where he held various management positions within the Maple Leaf Animal Nutrition business. In 2005 he was appointed President of Maple Leaf Animal Nutrition. Upon the acquisition of Maple Leaf Animal Nutrition by Nutreco Holding N.V. in 2007, he continued to lead Nutreco Canada as President. On 30 June 2009 Mr J.A. Vergeer was appointed Executive Vice-President and member of the Executive Board of Nutreco Holding N.V.

Mr J.A. Vergeer graduated from the University of Guelph (Canada) Agricultural Business Program in 1984 and from the Canadian Agri-Food Executive Development Program in 1996. He is a past Executive member and past Chairman of the Animal Nutrition Association of Canada.

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