Staff

Freek Jan Koekoek
Mr. Freek Jan Koekoek (MSc) started the company in 2000, after extensive experience in international trade, business consultancy and agricultural project management. His last job was at Fair Trade Assistance, a Dutch consultancy service related to the international fair-trade movement.

Freek Jan graduated as an agricultural engineer from Wageningen University in 1990, specialising in tropical land and water management. During his professional career, he followed complementary courses in marketing and business management. Freek Jan’s experience covers a wide range of agricultural products, food ingredients and finished products, including coffee, tea, cacao, peanuts, fruit juices, alcoholic beverages, dried and canned fruit, rice, pulses and other grains. He has worked in a variety of projects, including EPOPA (Export Promotion of Organic Products from Africa) and Branding in the South, a project developing consumer brands with selected companies in developing countries. In February 2007, Freek Jan was appointed external expert for CBI, in the sector of food ingredients.