Nicolas Coudry-Mesny has been elected as the president of the European Feed Manufacturers’ Federation (FEFAC) during its 71st General Assembly in Bucharest, Romania, on May 19. His term will run from 2026 to 2029.
Coudry-Mesny, who graduated from ESIAE Business School, holds a master’s degree in food marketing from Toulouse Business School and serves as procurement manager at MAISADOUR, France. He is the President of EUROFAC, the association representing the French compound feed and premix industry at the European level.
“I look forward to representing the interests of the European compound feed and premix manufacturers in these unprecedented times, characterized by the end of the rules-based global trade order, resulting from geopolitical tensions and raw power politics which deeply impact the resilience and competitiveness of the EU livestock and aquaculture value chain,” Coudry-Mesny said. “As FEFAC, we welcome and support the EU Commission’s efforts to stabilize its trade relationships, fostering trade diversification, while strengthening the EU’s economic security by addressing strategic dependencies as we face in the proteins and feed additives supply chains. We will proactively contribute to the announced EU protein plan, seeking to increase the EU’s strategic feed autonomy for protein production.”
The 71st General Assembly also elected new board members for the 2026-29 term:
- Nicolas Coudry-Mesny, EUROFAC, France – president
- Zoltan Pulay, HGFA, Hungary – deputy president
- Pedro Cordero, CESFAC, Spain, vice president
- Bernd Schmitz, DVT, Germany, vice president
- Claus Saabye Erichsen, DAKOFO, Denmark, vice president and treasurer
- Dirk van Thielen, BFA, Belgium
- Iani Chihaia, ANFNC, Romania
- José Romão Braz, IACA, Portugal
- Marcello Veronesi, ASSALZOO, Italy
- Marek Kumprecht, SKK, Czech Republic
- Ruud Tijssens, NEVEDI, The Netherlands
- Sarah Bell, AIC, United Kingdom
- Wojciech Zarzycki, IZBA, Poland
- Elena Tsvetanova, BFMA, Bulgaria Plan increasing Resilience and competitiveness
