Dutch dairy giant FrieslandCampina announced the appointment of Sandra Stuijk and Herman Bakhuis to the Cooperative Board with effect from 13 December 2022.
The Members’ Council of Zuivelcoöperatie FrieslandCampina U.A. has appointed Sandra Stuijk and Herman Bakhuis to the Cooperative Board with effect from 13 December this year, on the binding recommendation of the Chairmen’s Council.
“We are pleased that Sandra Stuijk and Herman Bakhuis will join the Cooperative Board with their experience and knowledge. I warmly welcome them both,” said Sybren Attema, Chairman of the Board of Zuivelcoöperatie FrieslandCampina U.A.
Sandra Stuijk has been active in FrieslandCampina’s Youth Work since 2017. Until the beginning of this year, Stuijk was a member of the board of FrieslandCampina Young Farmers. She also works as a finance specialist in Wholesale Food & Agri at Rabobank. She has a dairy farm in Alphen, North Brabant, the Netherlands. Besides dairy cattle, the farm also has a small-scale arable farm where sugar beet and carrots are grown.
Herman Bakhuis is currently active as vice chair of LTO Netherland Dairy Farming and as a board member at ZuivelNL. He was also a member of the Members’ Council and chairman of the Chairmen’s Council of Zuivelcoöperatie FrieslandCampina U.A. until 2017. Bakhuis has a dairy farm and a recreational farm at two locations in the municipality of Hellendoorn, Overijssel, the Netherlands.
