Past Board Presidents

Michel Parmentier
Jan 2001 – Dec 2005
Paris, France

Ron Potman
Jan 2006 – Dec 2008
Vlaardingen, The Netherlands

Frederic Staat
Jan 2009 – Dec 2009
Pessac, France

Marc Kellens
Jan 2010 – Dec 2013
Zaventem, Belgium

Gerrit van Duijn
Jan 2014 – Dec 2015
Vlaardingen, The Netherlands

Pierre Villeneuve
Jan 2016 – Dec 2018
Montpellier, France

Hans Christian Holm
Jan 2019 – Dec 2020
Baegvaerd, Denmark

Karin Schwarz
Jan 2021 – Dec 2023
University of Kiel,
Kiel, Germany

Euro Fed Lipid Executive board members History

January 2020 – December 2021

President – Karin Schwarz
University of Kiel, Germany

Vice President – Karel Hrncirik
Upfield R&D Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands”

Treasurer – Carl Arevång
Larodan, Solna, Sweden.

January 2019 – December 2020

President – Hans Christian Holm
Novozymes A/S, Baegvaerd, Denmark

Vice President – Karin Schwarz
University of Kiel, Germany

Treasurer – Karel Hrncirik
Upfield R&D Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands

January 2016 – December 2018

President – Pierre Villeneuve
CIRAD, Montellier, France

Vice President – Hans Christian Holm
Novozymes A/S, Baegvaerd, Denmark

Treasurer – Karin Schwarz
University of Kiel, Germany

January 2014 – December 2015

President – Gerrit van Duijn
Vlaardingen, The Netherlands

Vice President – Pierre Villeneuve
CIRAD, Montellier, France

Treasurer – Karin Schwarz
University of Kiel, Germany

January 2012 – December 2013

President – Marc Kellens
DeSmet Ballestra Group, Zaventem, Belgium

Vice President – Gerrit van Duijn
Vlaardingen, The Netherlands

Treasurer – Karin Schwarz
University of Kiel, Germany

January 2012 – December 2013

President – Marc Kellens
DeSmet Ballestra Group, Zaventem, Belgium

Vice President – Gerrit van Duijn
Vlaardingen, The Netherlands

Treasurer – Uwe T. Bornschuer
E.-M.-Arndt-University Greifswald, Germany

January 2009 – December 2010

President – Frederic Staat
ITERG, Pessac, France

Vice President – Marc Kellens
DeSmet Ballestra Group, Zaventem, Belgium

Treasurer – Uwe T. Bornschuer
E.-M.-Arndt-University Greifswald, Germany

January 2008 – December 2009

President – Ron Portman
Unilever Research, Vlaardingen, The Netherlands

Vice President – Frederic Staat
ITERG, Pessac, France

Treasurer – Uwe T. Bornschuer
E.-M.-Arndt-University Greifswald, Germany

January 2006 – December 2007

President – Ron Portman
Unilever Research, Vlaardingen, The Netherlands

Vice President – Frederic Staat
ITERG, Pessac, France

Treasurer – Michael Bockisch
Bockisch Consulting Hamburg, Germany

January 2001 – December 2005

President – Michel Parmentier
SFEL, Paris, France

Vice President – Fritz Spener
Karl-Franzens-University, Graz, Austria

Treasurer – Parkash Kochhar
Reading, UK

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