GAR 团队专家的经验与专业知识影响着公司业务的每一方面,贯穿于生产到销售的每一个环节。听取 GAR 的农业经济学、可持续发展、食品和营养、贸易、运输、商业和消费品领域的技术专家和技术领袖的意见。
Fransisca Tedjo heads GAR’s National Quality Food Safety department. She oversees all aspects of food safety and quality, including improvement projects to enhance quality processes, and ensures all our products meet industry food safety standards.
She has over 20 years of experience in the quality assurance & food safety field. Prior to joining GAR, she worked with PT Danone Dairy Indonesia, a dairy business unit of Danone Group, and PT Netania Kasih Karunia, a milk powder producer. Her extensive experience in quality management and food safety across multinational companies brought her to GAR.
Since joining the company in 2010, Fransisca has brought GAR’s quality control across all refinery units to a higher level. She believes in data-based decision making, enabling her to establish a robust risk management strategy. Her present focus involves transforming our refinery operations into a fully integrated, digitalised system, and positioning our company at the forefront of Industry 4.0 innovation.
Fransisca graduated with a Bachelor degree in Food Science & Technology from Widya Mandala University in 1998 and holds a Master in Management from Universitas Pelita Harapan in 2018.
“I believe that food quality assurance and safety is paramount – not only it does it reflect our commitment to excellence, food safety practices also ensure the well-being of people worldwide. After all, food is something each and every one of us consumes every day.
My goal is to tap on technology to improve GAR’s quality control and food safety further, and empower people to be able to enjoy their food with peace of mind.”
Juan joined GAR in 2017 as a Senior Trader and a founding member of the company’s Iberian operations. He helped to establish GAR’s palm oil imports into Spain and has developed the office from an outpost of four people to a hub for the region with over 20 employees operating across the food, feed, industry and energy sectors.
Today, Juan leads operations and growth strategy for the company’s palm, oleochemicals and sugar offerings in the Spanish market as Regional Manager for GAR in Iberia.
Juan started his career as a lawyer, graduating from the Universidad Villanueva de Madrid before moving into trading in 2009, inspired by his work with agri-commodities clients. He has spent almost 15 years in the industry, supplying alcohols for oleochemicals and biodiesel customers at Spanish trading house ALGETESA before spending six years at ED&F Man, a global soft commodity provider, where he focused on expanding import and distribution operations and increasing profitability for the palm and molasses trade in Spain.
He mixes attention to detail with an eye for the bigger picture, with a focus on building long-standing relationships that can deliver products and services tailored to evolving customer needs.
“What we do at GAR goes beyond moving commodities from A to B; we’re building partnerships that help businesses to realise value in a fast-moving world.
“In Europe and globally, growing regulation and changing consumer demands are placing more pressure on our customers. My role is to understand these needs so we can find solutions and create differentiated products that deliver on specific requirements for sustainability, quality and cost.”
Tony Liwang leads our Plant Production and Biotechnology division, which looks into the biotechnology of oil palm, and carries out research activities to improve planting material and seed stock.
He has been with GAR for over 21 years, holding various research and development roles within the company. He was previously the Head of our SMART Research Institute.
Tony has more than 30 years of experience in agriculture-based technologies. He was part of the founding committee of ICOPE, the International Conference on Oil Palm and the Environment, serving as its first chairman in 2009.
Tony received his PhD from the Bogor Agricultural Institute, Indonesia. He also has Master and Bachelor Degrees in Agricultural Technology from Wageningen Agricultural University, the Netherlands.
“Many people have a perception that farming and agriculture, being more to do with nature, has no relation to technology. However, that is not that case. As a company we are highly driven by research and technology. In fact, biotechnology for oil palm has seen rapid development, especially in the last five years in which we have identified its whole genetic map.”
近十年来,Maarten 一直在 GAR 的欧洲业务中发挥着重要作用,负责监管 GAR 欧洲、拉丁美洲和美国业务的大幅增长及多样化。Maarten 在 2015 年开始负责大宗商品供应商业务,起步时团队仅有两人。但经过不懈努力,他成功组建了一支由 80 多名专家组成,充满活力的跨国团队,打造了一个涵盖食品、饲料、工业和能源行业的高度一体化的分销平台。
他于 2005 年在鹿特丹的 Nidera Handelscompagnie BV(现属中粮集团)开始从事植物油贸易,之后前往东南亚,在新加坡、马来西亚和印度尼西亚专业发展热带油料业务。在加入 GAR 之前,他是日内瓦路易达孚公司的高级交易员,专注于欧洲、中东和非洲的棕榈油和月桂油贸易。
Maarten 于 2003 年毕业于荷兰格罗宁根汉斯大学,获得国际技术管理理学学士学位,此后在苏格兰爱丁堡龙比亚大学获得管理与创业学理学硕士学位。
“良好的长期关系是我们 GAR 欧洲公司业务的基础,建立这种稳固关系需要优先考虑理解和解决客户的各种需求,为众多行业提供稳定可靠且可持续的产品。
GAR 给予我充分信任和支持,让我能够把握这些新机会,并拓展到未知领域。我为我们专注且敬业的团队至今为止所取得的成就感到骄傲,我们将在拉丁美洲和美国继续扩大业务,在油脂化学品和糖领域提供新的产品和服务。我的坚定目标是秉承品质高于一切的理念,继续为我们的客户与合作伙伴提供出色的产品和服务。”