Are you interested in exporting to the Netherlands and Germany? Please join us on Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at 10am EST for a complimentary one-hour webinar on opportunities for food and beverage companies in these markets. Topics will include trends in the markets, current pandemic economies and outlooks, opportunities for Ontario products and best ways to infiltrate each market.

Speakers will include:

From the Netherlands:  

Diederik Beutener

Diederik is a Trade Commissioner with Government of Canada.  He helps Canadian companies expand and succeed internationally. He provides export assistance, negotiates and administers trade agreements, promotes Canada as a dynamic place in which to invest and do business, and enhance Canada’s science and technology capacity, competitiveness and prosperity.  His specialties include market access, agriculture, food and beverages and agri-tech.

Laurens Kool 

Laurens is the owner of Providenza, assisting food and beverage clients grow their business through trade development in both the food and food service distribution. Laurens has worked as a senior buyer for several organizations throughout the Benelux region such as Bergfood, Mediterra and De Kweker.  He consults business projects for higher ROI buying, logistics and marketing.

From Germany:

Nora Gruetters

As a Senior Commercial Officer, Nora is one of about 40 Agri-Food Specialists around the world responsible for the Agriculture and Agri-Food, Fish and Seafood, Wine and Spirits sector in Germany. She has more than twenty years experience in business development in the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service. As such, she has supported Canadian clients and advanced Canada’s commercial interests and trade agenda in Germany, starting in 1999 as Trade Commissioner Assistant covering the Agri-Food file and since May 2013 in the position of Agri-Food Trade Commissioner with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.

Francois Kranenpohl

François has worked in companies such as Haribo, Wrigley and Ritter Sport and was responsible for their international business development. He founded the KEXO Group which has 7 offices on 3 continents, specialized on SME’s internationalisation strategy and implementation. In Germany und UK, KEXO is also operating as an organic certified importer and trade agency.

François has degrees from German and British Universities in Business and Economics. In his over 25 years’ experience Francois launched and built international brands in over 50 countries including Russia (1990’s), Western Europe (2000’s) and China/Korea/Japan/Australia (2010’s) – and last but not least: in Canada.

He is a guest lecturer at the Aachen University in Germany and freelance expert for renowned consulting companies.

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