BELGIUM – Belgian ingredient supplier Orafti has this week announced its new chief executive officer following the departure of Georges Smits.

Current sales and marketing director Paul Coussement will take over the role with immediate effect.

Coussement is a food technology engineer, and started his career in a research and development role at Orafti’s parent company Raffinerie Tirlemontoise.

Orafti operates in over 70 countries and has a turnover of 200 million euro.