Kurt Stoffel

Since 2018, Mr. Stoffel has served as an Executive Partner of L. Stroetmann Group, a food wholesale and retail, petfood, seeds trading and real estate development company. Prior to this role, he served as a member and Chairman of L. Stroetmann’s Advisory Board for almost 20 years. From 2007 to 2018, Mr. Stoffel served as the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Board of SARIA Group, a global company headquartered in Germany that converts animal by-products into sustainable ingredients for the food, animal feed, pet food, pharmaceutical and energy sector. From 2002 to 2007, he served as SARIA Group’s Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director and took over the responsibility for its Spanish operations and biodiesel division From 2008-2009, Mr. Stoffel also served as President of the German Biodiesel Association. From 1994 to 2001, Mr. Stoffel served in a variety of management positions, including Chief Financial Officer responsible for two brewery operations, at Oetker Group.