R&D department strengthened

Willem van der Meijs has been appointed the new research and development manager of Cargill’s cocoa and chocolate business. In this new role, van der Meijs will focus on new product development and cocoa and chocolate product innovation.

Van der Meijs, comes to Cargill from Danone’s Medical Nutrition Division. He says, “This is an exciting time to join Cargill and help further unleash the great potential of its products and people. We can see the growing need from within the industry to constantly and rapidly address evolving consumer demand. This is an opportunity for us to share our innovation capabilities and insights in consumption trends. It is our ambition to partner with our customers to help them achieve their ambitions to create, improve and revise their product and service offerings.”

In addition, Cargill’s cocoa and chocolate R&D department welcomes Miriam van Wanroij as the new manager in product and process development (PPD), and Barry Doesburg as the manager for coatings and fillings within the technical services team (TS).