Sjoerd Hoekstra

Owner

About

Personal mission: Stimulating development in Agrifood, motto: healthy food, healthy land, healthy profit Market & Customers: • Chain: farmer / grower - agrifood industry - retail - consumer, focus on agri • Customers: agri laboratory (fertilization, nutritive value feedstuff, soil and crop health); feed, dairy and fertilizer industry; fruit and grain traders and growers; consultancy, research and information technology bodies; dairy cattle improvement; crop protection equipment industry Current services and roles as a consultant: • Product and market renewal / innovation:  Generating ideas  Feasibility studies: technical, economical  Market scans  Connecting SME’s with collaborators and investors  Projects for realization of new products and new services • Project management, interim management • Sounding board / coach for SME’s • Scout, host, conductor Key Terms: From thought to action; Creativity as a crowbar; Honest business is good business Expertise /specialities: (Project) Management Business development Market research Organization Agronomy Agrifood Dairy- and cropsector Life Sciences Laboratory and infomation technology Biobased topics Chain solutions Fertilization management Extensive network in Agrifood in Western and Central Europe Member of Nobis Consulting Network, Feed and Food Innovators: www.ncnetwork.nl

Country

Netherlands

City

Arnhem-Nijmegen Region

Industry

Food Production

Skill

Dairy, Lifesciences, Business Development, Food, Agriculture, Interim Management, Sustainability, Coaching, Agrifood, Food Safety

Experience

Owner

New Businesses Agrifood

2001-1 - Present · 25 yrs 8 mos

NEW BUSINESSES supports business development projects in Agrifood. NEW BUSINESSES is hosting innovation. We make ideas work, support collaboration, identify and develop new markets and raise investors and funds. Our pay off: Healthy Food, Healthy Land, Healthy Profit. See www.newbusinesses.nl for projects.

Sectormanager

BlggAgroXpertus

1990-5 - 2001-4 · 11 yrs

Oosterbeek

Agrilab with focus on fertilization (soil), nutritive value feed, soil and crop health and food safety. Livestock Department Manager, responsible for sales, management, operations, R&D, member MT. 45 employees(WO,MBO,MBO) in Livestock Department