Andreas Ronken

Independent according to the corporate governance recommendations

Elected to the board: 2016
Birthday: 08 May 1967
Nationality: German

Other positions

Member of Advisory Boards of Otto Cosmetic GmbH, Groß Rohrheim, Germany, and of the Melitta Group GmbH & Co. KG, Minden, Germany

Re-election motivation

Andreas Ronken has extensive experience in strategic management in international companies (Mars Inc. and Alfred Ritter Group) and profound knowledge of marketing, branding, supply chain management and R&D.

Remuneration for 2018/2019 as determined by the general meeting April 2018

Other members of the Board DKK 330,000

Main points of career: 2015 CEO of Alfred Ritter GmbH &Co.KG; 2005-2014 Managing Director/Vice President, Production and Technology, Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co.KG, Germany; 2002-2005 Site Director Supply Chain, Masterfoods/Mars Inc., Breitenbrunn, Austria; 1997-2002 R&D Manager, Masterfoods/Mars Inc., Minden, Germany; 1996-1997 Shift-/Production Manager, Masterfoods/Mars Inc., Bruck, Austria; 1995-1996 Process Engineer, Masterfoods/Mars Inc., Verden, Germany (Dry Petfood Production); 1994-1995 R&D Assignment, Masterfoods/Mars Inc., St. Denis L’Hotel, France; 1993-1994 Management Trainee, Masterfoods/Mars Inc., Verden, Germany
Education: 2002 Executive Master of Business Administration, University of Bremen, Germany; 1993 Dipl. Ing. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Dortmund, Germany; 1991 MSc. in Industrial Engineering, and CIMS Certificate, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; 1990 Bachelor (Vordiplom), Mechanical Engineering, University of Dortmund, Germany