Leadership

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Sven Abend

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) 

Sven has 25 years of global business leadership experience in the chemical industry. Before joining DFE Pharma, he served as CEO of Gelita, a producer of gelatin and collagen peptides for the food, health, nutrition, and pharmaceutical industries. Previously, he worked at Lonza as Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Operating Officer, at Kolb as Business Manager and CEO, and at Cognis. Abend also holds a PhD in Chemistry from Christian-Albrechts-Universität in Kiel, Germany.

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Clemens Groot Koerkamp

Chief Finance Officer (CFO) 

Clemens brings extensive experience in international finance with companies like Hagemeyer and FrieslandCampina. In his last position, he was CFO of the Bakker Group, an entrepreneurial family-owned company in the distribution and transportation of food products in Europe. Clemens holds master's degrees in business economics (the University of Tilburg, the Netherlands) and treasury management (Vrije University Amsterdam, the Netherlands). Furthermore, he holds an MBA from Purdue University (US)

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Marie-Louise Mans

Global Human Resources (HR) Director

Marie-Louise is responsible for the Global Human Resources (HR) function at DFE Pharma. She is a senior HR professional with decades of experience in international corporations. Marie-Louise joined DFE Pharma from Royal Reesink (the Netherlands), a global distributor and services provider, where she worked as Group HR Director.

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Teun Heijnen

Chief Operating Officer (COO)

Teun is accountable for the end-to-end Supply Chain and Operations management at DFE Pharma. Teun has over 30 years of experience, earned at multinational companies including Unilever, ICI, and FrieslandCampina. Teun holds a master's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

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Joop Mulder

Vice-president Global Sales

Joop is a senior professional with more than 30 years of experience in Sales Management. He worked for various companies like Dynamite Nobel and Lubrizol before joining FrieslandFoods Domo in 2003 as a Sales Manager responsible for pharma in EMEA and Americas. He has held several roles within DFE Pharma before being promoted to his current role. Joop holds a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from the Saxion University of Applied Science (the Netherlands) and an MBA from Brunel University London (UK).