Skills and Experience:

- Deep experience in the international food and agriculture sectors, including 14 years in global leadership roles at Ingredion Incorporated, a leading New York listed food and beverage ingredient solutions company

- Led Ingredion’s North and South American businesses, driving growth through R&D-led innovation and commercial and operational excellence

- Masters in Economics from the University of Amsterdam

Current appointments:

None.

Past appointments:

Senior roles at Ingredion, including Executive Vice President & President Americas, President, Asia Pacific and EMEA, and President, North America; Vice President of Food & Nutrition and Director of Strategy and Business Development at Corbion, a producer of sustainable ingredient solutions; and leadership positions at Loders Croklaan.

Skills and Experience:

- Over 25 years of experience in finance, mergers and acquisitions, business transformation and investor relations, operating across Europe, Australia, Asia, the US and South Africa

- Proven track record of driving performance in public and privately held organisations, both business to business and business to consumer

- Qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Ernst & Young

Current appointments

None.

Past appointments

Chief Financial Officer of V.Group, a global leader in ship management; Finance Director, UK & Ireland and Finance Director, Australia, at Compass Group plc; and Chief Financial Officer of Specialty Fashion Group Ltd, a former ASX-listed company.

Skills and Experience

- Natural entrepreneur with deep industry knowledge, commercial skills and international experience

- Has helped Genus establish and grow businesses in countries as diverse as the UK, Russia, India and China

- Degree in Agriculture from the University of Plymouth and a graduate of Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program

Career

- Joined PIC in 1992, working initially in the UK and then Siberia and Romania, before leading PIC in Central and Eastern Europe and then Europe as a whole

- Led PIC and ABS in Russia and Asia Pacific, before becoming COO for Genus Asia in 2012 and then COO for Genus ABS Beef in July 2016. He was appointed as Global Head of Beef and Aqua in April 2024. Jerry was appointed to his current role in July 2024

Skills and Experience

- Combines commercial acumen with broad expertise in resourcing, talent and succession, leadership development, and health and safety

- Extensive strategic planning skills help align the Group’s people agenda and its business needs

- Masters in Human Resource Development from Vanderbilt University

Career

- Joined Genus PIC in September 2013, following more than 20 years in the healthcare sector

- Developed and delivered PIC’s people strategy, before becoming HR Director for ABS and then Group HR Director in July 2017

Skills and Experience:

- Deep expertise in running R&D programmes, regulatory science and portfolio management

- Has led the development and introduction of genetic improvement technologies and nurtured a portfolio of gene editing projects

- BSc and MSc in Biology from Moscow State University, and PhD in Plant Physiology and Biochemistry from the Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology in Moscow

Career:

- Joined Genus as Chief Scientific Officer in July 2019

- Spent 18 years in increasingly senior roles at Bayer, leading teams using pioneering science and cutting-edge technology to help farmers grow food more sustainably

Skills and Experience:

- Spent entire career in porcine industry

- Has led the development and implementation of Genus PIC’s genetic strategy and technical services capability, as well as leading the commercial engagement with many of PIC’s most significant customers

- Doctorate in Animal Breeding and Genetics from the University of Georgia

Career:

- Joined Genus in 2011 as PIC’s Director of Genetic Services and Sales and became Global Product Development and Technical Services Director in 2012, before becoming Chief Operating Officer in July 2023

- Previously spent nine years working for Murphy-Brown (now Smithfield Foods), where he managed the internal genetics programme and technical operations for its Eastern operations

Skills and Experience:

- Very experienced and highly effective leader of complex global organisations

- Spent more than 25 years in the nutrition and food industry

- BA in Economics and Managerial Studies from Rice University and MBA from the University of Texas at Austin

Career:

- Previously Chief Commercial Officer for Glanbia’s $1 billion global nutritional solutions business, delivering double-digit profit growth

- More than 20 years with Ingredion Incorporated in increasingly senior leadership roles, including General Manager for the Systems and Ingredients Solutions business and General Manager for Greater China and Japan, based in Shanghai

Skills and Experience

- Lucie is a seasoned legal leader who has significant experience in international commercial transactions, including government contracting, M&A, complex litigation and intellectual property. Lucie has spent over twenty years building and leading global legal teams, managing complex regulatory environments and working across diverse jurisdictions.

- Lucie qualified as an intellectual property litigator before moving in house to a variety of commercial legal roles at large Plcs including United Utilities and BAE Systems Saudi Arabia before joining Thermo Fisher Scientific as its UK Legal Director and then the European General Counsel of its Life Sciences Solutions Group. Lucie moved to Dura Line, part of the Orbia group of companies, in April 2020 as its first female Vice President and first General Counsel.

- Lucie has a degree in Law from King’s College, London and is a qualified solicitor

Career

Joined Genus in March 2025, following five years as Vice President and General Counsel at Dura-Line, part of the Orbia group of companies. Prior to Dura-Line, Lucie led the UK legal function of Thermo Fisher Scientific and acted as the European General Counsel of the Life Sciences Solutions Group.

Skills and Experience

- Over 20 years of experience in cross-border M&A, corporate strategy and transformation, operating across Europe, the Americas and Asia

- Extensive transaction experience, including corporate acquisitions and complex technology access deals, and public and private M&A as lead advisor

- BSc in Economics from the University of Warwick, and holds both ACA (ICAEW) and CISI certifications

Career

- Joined Genus in 2014, following 7 years in UK M&A advisory with PwC and Alantra Partners, and 3 years at Bank Muscat in the Middle East, where he raised over $800m in equity transactions

- Led numerous cross-border acquisitions at Genus, including In Vitro Brazil, Hermitage Genetics, and Xelect, and business transformation projects in Europe and North America