Ocean Harvest Technology announced the appointment of Dr. Hadden Graham as Managing Director of Animal Feed business. The appointment is marking the beginning of the next stage of the company’s growth path.
Hadden joins the company with over 30 years experience in building animal feed business globally and he will lead the sales team in the management and growth of the company. He holds a PhD in Agricultural Biochemistry from the Queen’s University of Belfast, followed by a decade in academia in University College Dublin, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Montana State University.
Hadden’s prior experience in the animal feed industry saw him working for Finnfeeds/Danisco Animal Nutrition as Technical Director. Here he helped build from bottom-up the first global feed enzyme business, launching a number of unique and innovative products through an international distribution network. Further experience saw him act as Global Services Director of AB Vista (part of ABF) where he supported growth of the business to a global top-3 supplier in feed enzymes. He also served as President of the European Feed Additives Association (FEFANA).
Commenting on his appointment, Hadden Graham said: “I am excited about joining a fast-growing business such as OHT which is ideally positioned to support the animal feed industry’s move to a more sustainable future”. He further noted that “The team has recently been working on establishing conclusive evidence explaining and supporting the ability of their products to improve gut health and performance in ruminants, swine, poultry, equine and aquaculture”.
Commenting on the appointment, Graham Ellis, CEO said: “Over the past 3 years OHT has built and proven solid prebiotic value propositions for our main swine, poultry, bovine, and companion animal OceanFeed products, and critically now has world scale customers in each of those segments”
Ellis concludes: “Hadden is coming in at an exciting time where his network and experience of scaling will enable the team to replicate its recent success even faster, and to take the company into its next stage of growth. Hadden’s leadership of our animal feed business also means that we can now turn to additional applications for our unique supply chain and products, addressing similar needs in human nutrition”.
