FEFAC elects new President and AIC Scotland Chair joins as Board member
Trade association the European Feed Manufacturers' Federation (FEFAC) has elected a new president, with AIC Scotland Chair Sarah Bell joining as a Board member.
At the Annual General Meeting of the trade association, held on 15 June, Pedro Cordero Castillo became FEFAC President while Ms Bell of Cefetra Ltd was elected as its Board representative for Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC).
FEFAC represents 21 national Associations across Europe, including AIC as the agri-supply trade association which represents over 90% of businesses in the UK Feed sector.
Mr Cordero said: “I look forward to representing the interests of the European Compound Feed and Premix Manufacturers in these challenging times, trying to buffer the impacts of the geopolitical crisis caused by the Russian aggression in Ukraine and climate change, which affect the economic sustainability of the EU livestock and aquaculture value chain.
"Our industry can offer effective solutions to support our customers with climate change mitigation effects, such as raising protein efficiency and reducing of emission intensity of animal products.
"As FEFAC President, I will do my utmost to promote circular, sustainable feed solutions, integrating them into our best-practice professional recommendations to assist our customers with the transition to more sustainable production systems, as laid down in our FEFAC Sustainability Charter 2030”.
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As Head of Communications, Oli creates and oversees the content published on AIC's website, emails, Member briefings, print publications, and social media. A qualified multimedia journalist, he previously spent six years working at Farmers Weekly magazine as a Senior Reporter on the arable team, and latterly as Community Editor. More recently he was Communications Manager at Red Tractor.
