Stefan van der Heijden joins Board Royal Barenbrug Group

Nijmegen, 24 June 2010

Mr S.A.G. (Stefan) van der Heijden has been appointed as a member of the Board of Barenbrug Holding BV, starting from 1 July 2010.  Mr Van der Heijden will be responsible for the worldwide research activities of the Royal Barenbrug Group.

This enlargement of the Board serves to anchor the Barenbrug enterprise’s commitment to research. “Strategic research and plant breeding form a crucial role in our ambition to offer turf and forage grasses/crops for all important climate zones,” according to the Chairman of the Board, Bastiaan Barenbrug.

Career
Stefan van der Heijden (53) has been working for Barenbrug as Research Director since 2004. After studying plant breeding at Wageningen University, he worked on a wide range of plant breeding and research projects in different executive functions. He is involved in several national and international industry organizations and research institutes.

Enterprise
The Royal Barenbrug Group is a family-owned business whose core activities are plant breeding, grass seed production and international marketing of grass seeds. With over 500 employees and 23 branches in 13 countries on 5 continents, Barenbrug has been the leading grass seed business in the world for over 100 years. Barenbrug grasses are used in international events such as the FIFA World Cup 2010 as well as in the Bird’s Nest stadium at the Beijing Olympics in 2008 and many other places worldwide.

Not for publication
For more information please contact Mr. Paul van den Berg, Marketing Manager at Barenbrug Holding BV, tel. 003124 348 81 00. You can find this press release with a picture of Mr. Van der Heijden at www.barenbrug.com along with specific details.