YSTAD, SWEDEN — Pedro Cordero was elected FEFAC president during the group’s 68th General Assembly June 14 in Ystad, Sweden.

Cordero, a graduate of Complutense University of Madrid, served as managing director of NANTA, Spain and Portugal. He is vice president of CESFAC, the Spanish feed industry association. FEFAC, the European Feed Manufacturers’ Federation, represents 21 national associations in 21 EU member states.

“I look forward to representing the interests of the European compound feed and premix manufacturers in these challenging times, trying to buffer the impacts of the geopolitical crisis caused by the Russian aggression in Ukraine and climate change, which affect the economic sustainability of the EU livestock and aquaculture value chain,” Cordero said.

He said FEFAC welcomes and supports the EU Commission’s efforts to increase the resilience of the agri-food sector to withstand external shocks. This requires a functioning single market and a level playing field for the livestock sector that is facing growing competition from imports, Cordero said.

“We will proactively contribute to the announced EU protein plan seeking to increase the EU’s feed and food autonomy for protein production,” he said.

The feed industry can help customers with climate change mitigation by raising protein efficiency and reducing the emission intensity of animal products.

“As FEFAC president, I will do my utmost to promote circular, sustainable feed solutions, integrating them into our best-practice professional recommendations to assist our customers with the transition to more sustainable production systems, as laid down in our FEFAC Sustainability Charter 2030,” he said.

The 68th General Assembly also elected a new FEFAC board including Asbjørn Børsting, DAKOFO, Denmark, vice president; Bernd Schmitz, DVT, Germany, vice president;  Nicolas Coudry-Mesny, France, vice president; Zoltan Pulay, HGFA, Hungary, vice president; Dirk van Thielen, BFA, Belgium; Elena Tsvetanova, BFMA, Bulgaria; Iani Chiaia, ANFNC, Romania; José Romão Braz, IACA, Portugal; Marcello Veronesi, ASSALZOO, Italy; Marek Kumprecht, SKK, Czech Republic; Ruud Tijssens, NEVEDI, Netherlands; Sara Bell, AIC, United Kingdom; and Wojciech Zarzycki, IZBA, Poland.