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Ter Beke strictly Puratos manager as new CEO

The 55-year-old Piet Sanders replaces Francis Kint, who announced his departure at the beginning of January from the specialist in meat products and prepared dishes.

That news then came as a surprise, especially as Kint had been at the head of the East Flemish company for less than three years at that time. On June 30, he effectively stopped as CEO of Ter Beke

after a not so obvious period for the food producer.

Ter Beke’s board of directors took ample time to look for a new CEO. After ‘a thorough selection procedure’, the choice fell on Piet Sanders, who is a lawyer by training. He worked successively at Amylum Group (later Tate & Lyle Group) and at Reynaers Aluminium.

For the past 17 years he worked for the bakery raw material company Puratos. He has been a member of the executive committee since 2014 in the capacity of managing director for Northern and Eastern Europe. Since 2020 he has been active as ‘group channels & sales director’.

‘Perfect match’

With Sanders, who will take up his CEO mandate on 1 October, Ter Beke is bringing in a food specialist with a long and extensive experience.

The board of directors of Ter Beke is convinced that ‘with Piet Sanders it has found the right candidate to help shape and further implement Ter Beke’s growth strategy’, says executive chairman Dirk Goeminne in a press release.

His many years of experience in the food sector at the highest level, his international knowledge of the markets in which Ter Beke is active and his strategy and vision-driven approach ensure a perfect match.

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