Ocean Harvest Technology appoints Dr Hadden Graham as new Managing Director

Ocean Harvest Technology has announced the appointment of Dr Hadden Graham as Managing Director of their Animal Feed business, marking the beginning of the next stage of the company's growth path.

Dr Hadden Graham
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Dr Graham has over 30 years experience in building animal feed businesses globally and will lead the sales team in the management and growth of the company. He holds a PhD in Agricultural Biochemistry from the Queen's University of Belfast, followed by a decade in academia in University College Dublin, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Montana State University.

Dr Graham's prior experience in the animal feed industry saw him working for Finnfeeds/Danisco Animal Nutrition as Technical Director. There he helped build from bottom-up the first global feed enzyme business, launching a number of unique and innovative products through an international distribution network.

Further experience saw him act as Global Services Director of AB Vista (part of ABF) where he supported growth of the business to a global top-3 supplier in feed enzymes. He also served as President of the European Feed Additives Association (FEFANA).

Commenting on his appointment, Dr Graham said: 'I am excited about joining a fast- growing business such as OHT which is ideally positioned to support the animal feed industry's move to a more sustainable future'. He further noted, 'The team has recently been working on establishing conclusive evidence explaining and supporting the ability of their products to improve gut health and performance in ruminants, swine, poultry, equine and aquaculture'.

Graham Ellis, CEO says, 'Over the past 3 years OHT has built and proven solid prebiotic value propositions for our main swine, poultry, bovine, and companion animal OceanFeed products, and critically now has world scale customers in each of those segments'

Mr Ellis concludes: 'Hadden is coming in at an exciting time where his network and experience of scaling will enable the team to replicate its recent success even faster, and to take the company into its next stage of growth. Hadden's leadership of our animal feed business also means that we can now turn to additional applications for our unique supply chain and products, addressing similar needs in human nutrition'.

For more information about Ocean Harvest Technology visit their website, HERE.

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