AgroFresh Appoints New VP and Global General Manager to Expand Its Post-Harvest Business
PHILADELPHIA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–$AGFS #earnings—AgroFresh
Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: AGFS), a global leader in produce freshness
solutions, announced today that it has appointed Paul Nselel as Vice
President and Global General Manager, Post-Harvest. Nselel will lead the
company’s post-harvest commercial teams to increase penetration, market
share and revenue to achieve its financial objectives.
“Paul brings a wealth of experience to AgroFresh and will be a
tremendous asset to our team,” said Jordi Ferre, CEO of AgroFresh. “His
background at Monsanto and previous experience in various strategic and
financial planning roles will be instrumental in enhancing our core
post-harvest business, building on our existing platforms to expand the
solutions we offer and increasing our share of our customers’ business.
I am confident that his diverse experience, strategic thinking and
strong commercial leadership will help drive AgroFresh and our future
growth.”
Prior to joining AgroFresh, Nselel held a variety of positions at
Monsanto over an eight-year period ranging from marketing to leading the
company’s commercial effort and teams in Eastern Europe, then in the
eastern U.S. Before Monsanto, Nselel spent six years with Nike in
strategic planning and began his career in banking with companies such
as Paribas in Europe and Lehman Brothers in New York.
Nselel earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from the
University of Poitiers, his Master of Science in Applied Mathematics
from the University of Caen and his Master in Business Administration
from the Wharton School. He is fluent in English and French and speaks
Spanish.
About AgroFresh
AgroFresh Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: AGFS) is a global industry leader in
providing innovative data-driven specialty solutions aimed at enabling
growers and packers of fresh produce to preserve and enhance the
freshness, quality and value of fresh produce and to maximize the
percentage of produce supplied to the market relative to the amount of
produce grown. Its flagship product is the SmartFresh™ Quality System, a
freshness protection technology proven to maintain firmness, texture and
appearance of fruits during storage and transport. SmartFresh is
currently commercialized in over 40 countries worldwide. Additionally
the company has a number of different solutions and application
technologies that have either been launched (Harvista™, RipeLock™,
LandSpring™) or will be launched in the future that will extend its
footprint to other crops and steps of the global produce supply chain.
For more information, please visit www.agrofresh.com.
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