About us
The European Starch Industry Association, Starch Europe, is the trade association which represents the interests of the EU starch industry both at European and international level. Its membership comprises 28 EU starch producing companies, together representing more than 95% of the EU starch industry, and, in associate membership, 6 national starch industry associations.
Our Mission
Starch Europe’s mission is to promote and protect the reputation of starch products and the interests of EU starch producers to EU and international institutions and stakeholders, in order to assure a reliable and sustainable supply of safe starch based ingredients in a fair competitive environment.
Key objectives
Organisation
In order to manage and implement its annual priorities, the General Assembly appoints an Executive Committee, consisting of a cross section of the members, amongst whom are the Association’s administrators (the President and the four vice presidents). The Executive Committee meets as appropriate but typically four times a year.
The day to day management of Starch Europe is the responsibility of the Managing Director with the support of the secretariat. Starch Europe also appoints special committees and working groups to deal with specific issues or sets of issues. They meet as required and report to the Executive Committee.
Title | Name | Position |
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President | Christophe Rupp Dahlem | Head of Public Affairs – Roquette |
Vice president | Franck Monmont | Managing Director Starches & Sweeteners – Cargill |
Vice president | Gerard Ten Bolscher | Managing Director R&D and innovation – Member of the Executive Committee – AVEBE |
Vice president | Gustav Deiters | CEO – Crespel and Deiters |
Vice president | Christophe Lescroart | CEO Starch & Sweeteners Business Unit - Tereos |
Michael Andreae-Jäckering | Managing Director – Jäckering | |
Ardie Van Lankveld | General Manager EMEA – ADM | |
Axel Bonde | Juridical expert – EU afffairs – KMC | |
Markus Muehleisen | CEO – Agrana |
Members
The European Starch Industry Association, Starch Europe, is the trade association which represents the interests of the EU starch industry both at European and international level. Its membership comprises 28 EU starch producing companies, together representing more than 95% of the EU starch industry, and, in associate membership, 7 national starch industry associations.