Marco Schouten is appointed as the new CEO of Agriterra. By mid September he will succeed Kees Blokland, the founder of Agriterra, who will retire at the beginning of Q4. Schouten: “I see it as a great honor to follow in Kees Blokland’s footsteps, further shaping the future of a wonderful organization like Agriterra.”
Schouten is a 51-year-old business economist and has had the opportunity to work in a diversity of roles and countries during his career.
Schouten: “When making my decision to join Agriterra, four areas stood out most: Firstly, I find it important to contribute to a purpose-driven organization like Agriterra. “Making a difference” is a strong driver for me. Secondly, I hope – and think – that my baggage as CEO of a strikingly similar organization may be of benefit to Agriterra. The organization I was leading, VEI, is a social venture from-and-for water organizations that organizes peer-to-peer support to make a impact on the realization of SDG#6. Over the last decade, VEI has grown a lot in size as in level of professionalization. Next, by nature, I am pretty down-to-earth and have a strong practical disposition. Agriterra professionalizes cooperatives and farmers organizations, and this links well to such attitude, and finally what I have seen and heard so far, we have a great team at Agriterra and I am excited to build upon that team as we continue to develop peer support and our added value to the international agricultural and food sector.”
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