Michel Picandet has been appointed Executive Vice President and Head of TOMRA Food. He joined the company on 1 January 2020 and will be based at TOMRA Food's headquarters in Leuven, Belgium. In his new role, he is responsible for the company's three brands TOMRA Food, Compac and BBC Technologies.
Stefan Ranstrand, President and Chief Executive Officer of TOMRA, said: "I am delighted that Michel has joined our management team. He is a very strategic and globally minded business leader with extensive experience in the food and beverage industry as well as in capital goods and related services. I am confident that under his leadership, the TOMRA Food team will remain committed to building on our three pillars - technical leadership, trust in food and digital transformation - to become a improved circular economy and secure the future of food. Michel and the global team will always work hard to deliver high customer value and satisfaction and prove that TOMRA Food is a reliable long-term partner committed to increasing the competitiveness and profitability of our customers."
Before joining TOMRA, Michel Picandet held senior positions as Global and Managing Director at Tetra Pak since 2013. Prior to that, he was Head of Life Cycle Management at Sidel, where he worked for over 20 years, including in the Americas, Asia and Europe, after starting his career in mechanical and control engineering at Rhone-Poulenc Animal Nutrition.
TOMRA Food develops and produces sensor-based sorting machines and integrated post-harvest solutions for the food industry using the latest sorting, peeling and analysing technologies.
Source: TOMRA Food
