Marel announced the appointment of Folkert Bölger to the position of Executive Vice President Global Supply Chain, as of June 1, 2017. Folkert will become member of Marel´s Executive Team and report directly to Arni Oddur Thordarson, CEO of Marel. Folkert succeeds Paul van Warmerdam who is leaving the company. Folkert Bölger has since March 1, 2017 been leading Marel’s global procurement organization as Chief Procurement Officer. In his new role he will be responsible for global manufacturing, procurement and logistics to support the further growth and value creation of Marel. Folkert has extensive global managerial experience in supply, procurement and operational positions. Before joining Marel he was the Vice President of Operations and Procurement at Bang & Olufsen (Denmark) and has as well held various management positions at Philips and Siemens-VDO in Asia, Central Europe and Europe.