Milling & Baking News - December 28, 2021 - 17

Company veterans to lead Puratos
as new CEO, chairman of the board
BIJGAARDEN, BELGIUM - Pierre Tossut,
who has spent 26 years at Puratos,
will become chief executive officer on Jan.
1, the company announced Dec. 20. Cédric
Van Belle will become chairman of the
board on Jan. 1 for the Belgium-based
company, a global supplier of bakery,
patisserie and chocolate ingredients.
Mr. Tossut, who was group business
development director at Puratos, will
succeed Daniel Malcorps, who led
Puratos for 20 years. Mr. Tossut was
responsible for Puratos' research
and development, marketing, product
management and sales, and he
structured the company's health and
well-being approach.
" The people we work with and
Puratos' singular focus on our clients
have always been key to our success, and
we will ensure that these remain at the
center of our daily attention, " Mr. Tossut
Sethness hires
account manager
SKOKIE, ILL. - David Humphrey has
joined Sethness Roquette as senior account
manager. He has 31 years of experience
managing and directing regional sales and
marketing efforts in multiple industries,
including specialty chemicals, food and
nutrition, household, industrial and institutional,
and personal care. Most recently he
spent 11 years as technical sales manager at
Jarchem Industries, Inc., a chemical manufacturing
and marketing company.
He will assume the sales responsibilities
for Al Roth's accounts in New England
and the East Coast. Mr. Roth, who joined
the company in 1981, plans to retire at the
end of the year. Aldo Ripley, sales manager
for Skokie-based Sethness Roquette, will
assume Mr. Roth's Florida accounts.
" Al has been the face of the company
on the East Coast, and to the food and
beverage industry, for four decades, "
said Tom Schufreider, Sethness Roquette
president - America. MBN
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we constantly strive to grow our positive
impact with the creation of innovative
food solutions that promote health and
well-being, and steadily move businesses,
said. " At Puratos we believe that food has
extraordinary power - the power to feed,
nourish, celebrate, comfort and unite
people of all backgrounds. Food innovation
is energy for good, and this is why
customers, people and the planet forward.
We are very ambitious, and we are giving
ourselves the means to have an even
larger global impact in the coming years,
with the clear goal of reaching a €5 billion
turnover by 2030. "
Mr. Van Belle was appointed to the
Puratos board of directors in 2016 as part
of the third generation of shareholders.
He has managed the family-owned
worldwide network of chocolate
museums (Choco-Story) since 2003.
Mr. Van Belle will take over for Eddy
Van Belle as chairman of the board.
" One of the strengths of famiTossut
Van
Belle
ly-owned companies like Puratos
is to think in terms of generations
rather than quarterly results, " Cédric
Van Belle said. " This is why we have
actively committed to an operating
model that goes beyond the creation
of economic value. One that is sustainable,
respectful and balanced. To this end,
we are implementing plans to achieve CO2
neutrality, minimize our water usage and
reduce waste. " MBN
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