Hantoft re-elected at Arla as chair

Swedish Åke Hantoft has been re-elected as chairman of Arla Foods amba. Danish Jan Toft Nørgaard was re-elected as vice chairman. The board has been slimmed down by three members for the next term of office. The election to Arla Foods amba’s board of directors was confirmed at the board of representatives meeting in Halmstad, Sweden on 20-21 May. The board of directors subsequently re-elected Åke Hantoft as chairman and Jan Toft Nørgaard as vice chairman.

For the coming two years, Arla’s board of directors will consist of 15 farmers and three employee representatives; a total of 18 members. This number is fewer than in the last term, when new board members were appointed as a result of the cooperative mergers. The reduction in seats means that the United Kingdom and Central Europe each lose one seat on the board. Consequently, Peter Winstone (Arla Milk Link, UK) and Patrick Krings (MUH Arla, Central Europe) have stood down. The number of employee representatives on the board has been reduced from four to three, and consequently Oliver Brandes (Central Europe) has stood down.The only new member to join the noard after this election is Håkan Gillström, one of Arla’s employee representatives. He replaces Leif Eriksson, who did not seek re-election.